More Americans are joining the ‘cashless’ economy
In less than a decade, the share of Americans who go “cashless” in a typical week has increased by double digits.
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In less than a decade, the share of Americans who go “cashless” in a typical week has increased by double digits.
Roughly a quarter of American adults (23%) say they haven’t read a book in whole or in part in the past year.
The share of U.S. adults who now report that they go online “almost constantly” has risen to 31%, up from 21% in 2015.
The share of Americans who say they watch television via cable or satellite has plunged from 76% in 2015 to 56% this year.
Americans have grown more divided on whether offensive content online is taken seriously enough and on which is more important online, free speech or feeling safe.
77% of adults think it’s not acceptable for social media sites to use data about users’ online activities to show them political campaign ads.
At least 20 nations preceded the U.S. in granting women the right to vote, according to an analysis of measures in 198 countries and territories.
Just one-in-ten Americans say social media sites have a mostly positive effect on the way things are going in the U.S. today.
About a third of Americans register low levels of trust in other people, versus 29% who are “high trusters” and 32% who are “medium trusters.”
The ability to keep personal information from being searchable online is at the crux of the debate around the “right to be forgotten.”
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