A Majority of Latinas Feel Pressure To Support Their Families or To Succeed at Work
Many juggle cultural expectations and gender roles from both Latin America and the U.S., like doing housework and succeeding at work.
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Many juggle cultural expectations and gender roles from both Latin America and the U.S., like doing housework and succeeding at work.
A majority of the nation’s 36 million workers ages 25 to 34 have not completed a four-year college degree. In 2023, there were 19 million young workers who had some college or less education, including those who had not finished high school. The overall number of employed young adults has grown over the decades as […]
Latinas say Hispanic women face far more pressure than Hispanic men to cook and clean at home, be attractive, get married and have children, be pleasant, and have few sexual partners. Similar shares of Hispanic women and men say they feel pressures related to family or work. Some groups of Latinas feel more pressure than […]
Many around the globe think spells or curses can affect people’s lives. Far fewer say they consult fortune tellers or horoscopes to see the future.
About four-in-ten Hispanic women say that being female or Hispanic impacts their daily lives. In fact, Hispanic women are more likely than Hispanic men to say sexism is a problem in the workplace, schools and the media. Differences by gender disappear in other areas. Similar shares of Hispanic women and Hispanic men say they have […]
Editorial note to readers A version of this study was originally published on June 10. We previously used the term “racial conspiracy theories” as an editorial shorthand to describe a complex and mixed set of findings. By using these words, our reporting distorted rather than clarified the point of the study. Changes to this version include: an […]
On average, people in 18 countries say the ideal age to retire is around 58 years old. The age adults can start receiving retirement benefits varies by country.
Friendships play a large role in many teens’ lives. Relationships with friends can also be a predictor of long-term outcomes for teens, including the quality of their adult relationships and work performance. We asked U.S. teens a few questions about their friend networks, and more specifically, whether they can turn to these networks for emotional […]
In our 36-country survey, we asked respondents how large a problem various types of inequality are in their nation, including the gap between the rich and the poor, unequal rights for men and women, discrimination based on a person’s race or ethnicity, and discrimination based on a person’s religion. Here are some key takeaways: The […]
For the most part, voting patterns across demographic groups in the 2024 presidential election were not substantially different from the 2020 and 2016 elections. But Donald Trump’s gains among several key groups of voters proved decisive in his 2024 victory. To explore voting patterns among subgroups over time, refer to detailed tables. Hispanic voters were […]
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