What we know about veterans who work for the federal government
As of September 2024, more than 700,000 veterans worked in various federal departments and agencies.
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8. Religious attendance and congregational involvement
A third of adults attend in-person services at least monthly, while 23% virtually watch that often. And 37% are members of a house of worship. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
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U.S. Workers Are More Worried Than Hopeful About Future AI Use in the Workplace
American workers have mixed feelings about how AI technologies, like ChatGPT, will affect jobs in the future.
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Aging well: How income and health shape the experiences of older Americans
About one-in-five adults in the U.S. today (18%) are ages 65 and older. To understand how these older Americans are aging and the factors associated with aging well, we asked them a series of questions about how things are going in their lives and how they spend their time. These questions are part of a […]
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2. The annual earnings of older workers
Today, the average annual earnings of older workers lag behind those of younger workers, but the gap is nowhere near what it once was. In 1964, the average annual earnings of workers ages 65 and older were 19% of the average earnings of workers ages 25 to 64: $5,200 vs. $26,900, respectively. (Figures in this […]
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1. How Americans view the U.S.-Mexico border situation and the government’s handling of the issue
Nearly all Americans say the large number of migrants seeking to enter the United States at the Mexican border is a problem. However, perceptions of the seriousness of the problem differ significantly: Views by age, race and ethnicity Young adults are less likely than older people to say the situation at the border is a […]
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3. Black representation in newsrooms
Black Americans see an important role for Black people in the newsgathering process as one possible way to improve coverage of race and Black communities. But they largely do not feel that their news broadly needs to come from Black journalists, nor do they see reporters’ race as a dominant factor in whether news is […]
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Americans’ views of the war in Ukraine continue to differ by party
Americans remain largely divided along partisan lines over U.S. aid to Ukraine, nearly three years after Russia’s military invasion.
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International Views of China Turn Slightly More Positive
People in many of 25 surveyed nations increasingly see China as the world’s top economic power.
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Teens and Video Games Today
85% of U.S. teens say they play video games. They see both positive and negative sides, from making friends to harassment and sleep loss.