Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Following the coronavirus outbreak, reports of discrimination and violence toward Asian Americans increased. A previous Pew Research Center survey of English-speaking Asian adults showed that as of 2021, one-third said they feared someone might threaten or physically attack them. English-speaking Asian adults in 2022 were also more likely than other racial or ethnic groups to […]
Roughly two-thirds of U.S. adults (65%) say it would be “too risky” to give Trump more power to deal directly with many of the nation’s problems.
Americans’ trust in scientists is slightly higher than it was last year, but remains lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic.
61% of U.S. adults say having close friends is extremely or very important for people to live a fulfilling life.
About half of U.S. adults (52%) say that, in the last 60 years, the country has made a great deal or a fair amount of progress in ensuring equal rights for all people, regardless of race or ethnicity. A third say the country has made some progress, and 15% say the country hasn’t made much […]
Nearly a month into the new year, most people who made New Year’s resolutions have stuck with them, although 13% say they have not kept any of them.
A slight majority of Americans (55%) say couples who are unhappy tend to stay in bad marriages for too long, compared with 43% who say these couples tend to get divorced too quickly. Women are more likely than men to say couples stay in bad marriages for too long (58% vs. 52%). Views also vary […]
Nearly six-in-ten Americans (58%) say the U.S. benefits from its membership in the World Health Organization.
This report was written by Lauren Mora, former research assistant, and Mark Hugo Lopez, director, race and ethnicity research. The survey questionnaire was developed and drafted by Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, former senior researcher; Jens Manuel Krogstad, senior writer/editor; Research Associates Khadijah Edwards and Luis Noe-Bustamante; Mora; and Lopez. Editorial guidance for the report was provided by […]
About one-in-four Black households and one-in-seven Hispanic households had no wealth or were in debt in 2021, compared with about one-in-ten U.S. households overall.
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