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    2. Views of different family arrangements

    As American families have evolved, there is no longer one dominant family form in the United States. More and more commonly, families consist of fewer children, single parents or same-sex marriages. Amid these changes, the public is fairly accepting of diverse family arrangements, though they favor some more than others. Americans tend to be more accepting of […]

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    Methodology A: Unauthorized immigrant estimates

    This report presents estimates of the number of unauthorized immigrants in the United States as of July 2023 and for previous years back to 1990. These estimates supersede all previously published Pew Research Center estimates. Although this report draws largely on U.S. Census Bureau surveys, our estimates generally will not agree exactly with data published by […]

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    For Most U.S. Gun Owners, Protection Is the Main Reason They Own a Gun

    Gun owners in the United States continue to cite protection far more than other factors, including hunting and sport shooting, as a major reason they own a gun. About half of Americans who don’t own a gun say they could never see themselves owning one (52%) while nearly as many could imagine themselves as gun owners in the future (47%).

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    The State of the American Middle Class

    As the financial divide has grown, a smaller share of Americans now live in middle-class households. Here are key facts about this group.

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    What Can Improve Democracy?

    Amid growing discontent with the state of democracy globally, we asked over 30,000 people what changes would make their democracy work better.

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    1. The biggest problems and greatest strengths of the U.S. political system

    The public sees a number of specific problems with American politics. Partisan fighting, the high cost of political campaigns, and the outsize influence of special interests and lobbyists are each seen as characteristic of the U.S. political system by at least 84% of Americans. Yet 63% also say that “ordinary Americans care about making the […]

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