Americans on Healthy Food and Eating
About half of U.S. adults say healthiness of food is important when deciding what to eat. But taste and cost matter more.
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1. Religious identity
Christians’ share among U.S. adults has fallen across demographic groups since 2007, but there has been overall stability in religious makeup since 2020. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
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Share of U.S. adults living without a romantic partner has ticked down in recent years
In 2023, 42% of adults were unpartnered, down from 44% in 2019. The decline in the share of adults who are unpartnered since 2019 has occurred across all age groups.
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8 facts about Americans and TikTok
In the wake of TikTok’s deal to make its U.S. operations backed largely by non-Chinese investors, here’s what we know about Americans and TikTok.
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For Women’s History Month, a look at gender gains – and gaps – in the U.S.
Women made up 47% of the U.S. civilian labor force in 2023, up from 30% in 1950 – but growth has stagnated.
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1. How Latinas view Hispanic women’s situation in the U.S.
Half of Latinas see progress in Hispanic women’s situation in the United States during the last decade, and a similar share expect their group’s situation will improve in the next 10 years. Yet two-thirds of Latinas say the gender wage gap is a big problem for Hispanic women today. This chapter examines Latinas’ views of […]
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Among young U.S. workers without a college degree, men and women hold very different types of jobs
Among the 10 largest occupations held by young adults without a college degree, large numbers are employed as retail salespersons and first-line supervisors of sales workers.
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2. Beliefs about the afterlife
In nearly every place surveyed, half or more say life after death is likely. Fewer believe in reincarnation or that ancestral spirits can affect their lives.
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1. God, spirits and the natural world
Large majorities around the world say they believe in God. Read about beliefs in spiritual presence “beyond the natural world,” and in animals and nature.
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Video: How much ‘religious switching’ is there in the U.S.?
35% of U.S. adults no longer identify with the religion in which they were raised – that’s about 90 million people who have changed their religious identities.