Far more Americans say they’d like to live in the past than in the future
45% of U.S. adults say that if they could choose, they would live sometime in the past, while 14% say they’d live sometime in the future.
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45% of U.S. adults say that if they could choose, they would live sometime in the past, while 14% say they’d live sometime in the future.
Some 40% of U.S. adults say they ever get health information from social media influencers or podcasts. This analysis looks at some of the specific topics Americans get from these influencers. Some of the key takeaways: Other parts of this study look at the characteristics of health and wellness influencers themselves, why people follow them […]
Africa is the only world region where the fertility rate is currently higher than the global replacement-level fertility.
Women in recent decades have made significant progress in higher education and in the workplace. But they continue to lag behind men when it comes to wages and to representation in top leadership roles. At the same time, certain groups of men have struggled in the labor force and seen little or no growth in […]
Analysis of our polls and other data shows no clear evidence of a religious revival among young adults. Read more about religiousness by age and gender.
Most Black Americans are Christian, though the share who identify as such has fallen since 2007.
Majorities say more women in the workforce is a good thing. Read more about religious groups’ views on gender in the labor force, and stay-at-home parents. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
Over half of Americans (53%) now say fewer people choosing to have children in the future would negatively impact the United States.
Many U.S. teens say women still face discrimination against gaining leadership positions and getting equal pay for equal work.
Majorities want the church to allow use of birth control and IVF, and to permit priests to bless same-sex couples. But views differ by Mass attendance.
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