5 facts about Americans and sports
About half of Americans (48%) say they took part in organized, competitive sports in high school or college.
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About half of Americans (48%) say they took part in organized, competitive sports in high school or college.
More than half of Americans (53%) say America’s sport is football – about twice the share who say it’s baseball (27%).
About six-in-ten Americans (62%) say they follow professional or college sports not too or not at all closely.
Despite the growth of commercial sports betting, the most common way that Americans bet on sports is with friends or family.
Black adults in upper-income families are about twice as likely as those in lower-income families to say they are extremely or very happy.
40% of Black Americans say that the issues and events most important to them are often covered, and similar shares of Asian (38%) and Hispanic (37%) adults say the same.
A survey of nearly 12,000 working U.S.-based journalists found that the beats American journalists cover vary widely by gender and other factors.
Most Americans who have heard about the law say it’s had a positive impact on gender equality in the United States (63%).
On a couple of policies related to transgender people, there is some agreement among Americans, but views of other policies are more divided.
Among employed U.S. adults who are ages 25 to 64 and married, husbands spend about 28 hours per week on leisure. Wives spend about 26 hours on it.
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