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.
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Growing share of U.S. adults say their personal finances will be worse a year from now
About half of Americans (48%) say they have emergency or rainy day funds that would cover their expenses for three months.
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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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By a wide margin, Americans say football – not baseball – is ‘America’s sport’
More than half of Americans (53%) say America’s sport is football – about twice the share who say it’s baseball (27%).
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Americans see little bipartisan common ground, but more on foreign policy than on abortion, guns
Across six issue areas, the share of adults who say there is at least some common ground between the parties has declined by an average of 12 points since 2023.
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What Trump supporters believe and expect
The economy was the most important issue for Trump voters this year; 93% of his supporters said it was very important to their vote.
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Many Americans perceive a rise in dangerous driving; 78% see cellphone distraction as major problem
Most Americans see cellphone distraction behind the wheel as a major problem in their local community, and about a quarter report witnessing road rage often.
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About two-thirds of LGBTQ adults have participated in Pride Month events
Two-thirds of LGBTQ adults say they have participated in LGBTQ-related events during Pride Month at least once in their lives.
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Best age to get married, have a child, buy a home and retire? Here’s what Americans say
Among those who say there is a best age, many say it’s ideal to get married, have a child and buy a home between the ages of 25 and 34.
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Methodology
Teacher survey methodology The data in this report comes from a self-administered web survey of K-12 public school teachers in the United States. It was conducted online in English from Oct. 17 to Nov. 14, 2023. Out of 6,357 teachers who were sampled, 191 were screened out as no longer eligible. A total of 2,531 […]