Striking findings from 2023
Here’s a look back at 2023 through some of our most striking research findings.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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A majority of Americans have heard of ChatGPT, but few have tried it themselves
Just 14% of all U.S. adults say they have used ChatGPT for entertainment, to learn something new, or for their work.
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5. Who are ‘spiritual but not religious’ Americans?
This chapter focuses on three groups of U.S. adults, based on their answers to the following four questions: Do you think of yourself as spiritual? Do you think of yourself as religious? How important is spirituality in your life? How important is religion in your life? The three groups are: Most of the comparisons in […]
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Sidebar: Laws, norms and traditions
Laws and cultural norms tied to inheritance and marriage may help explain differences in attitudes toward sons, daughters and abortion. This sidebar offers a very elementary glance at Indian laws, norms and traditions that might be tied to sex selection. Inheritance: Inheritance traditions are among the barriers that Indian women face, even though laws in […]
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A dwindling number of new U.S. college graduates have a degree in education
Both the number and share of new college graduates with a bachelor’s degree in education have decreased over the last few decades.
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What is the gender wage gap in your metropolitan area? Find out with our pay gap calculator
In 2019 women in the United States earned 82% of what men earned, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of median annual earnings of full-time, year-round workers. The gender wage gap varies by age and metropolitan area, and in most places, has narrowed since 2000. See how women’s wages compare with men’s in your metro area.
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Around one-in-five candidates for Congress or governor this year are veterans
21% of the roughly 1,000 candidates for U.S. Senate, House or state governor on the fall ballot claim some degree of military experience.
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Sidebar: Sex ratios around the world
At any given time, there are almost as many women as men in the world – the typical balance is around 101 males per 100 females, according to the United Nations. At birth, without any human intervention, boys slightly outnumber girls, at a rate of around 105 boys per 100 girls, with male births ranging […]
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Methodology
This section describes the sources and variables used for the analyses in this report. First, it explains the known limitations of the data measuring sex ratios at birth in India. Next, it outlines how each of the key variables – including son preference, ultrasound use and sex selection – was derived. Finally, the methodology for […]
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1. Views on women’s place in society
About a quarter of Indians (23%) say there is “a lot of discrimination” against women in their country. And 16% of Indian women reported that they personally had faced discrimination because of their gender in the 12 months before the 2019-2020 survey. In addition, three-quarters of adults see violence against women as a very big […]