Gretchen Livingston

Despite parents' shifting responsibilities, the U.S. is the only one of 41 nations that does not mandate any paid leave for new parents.

As more U.S. adults are delaying marriage – or forgoing it altogether – the share who have ever lived with an unmarried partner has been on the rise.

Compared with 10 years ago, American teens are devoting more of their time in the summer to educational activities and less time to leisure.

Much of the downturn in the share of immigrant births to Hispanics has been driven by a decline in births among Mexican-origin women.

The U.S. teen birth rate is at a record low, dropping below 18 births per 1,000 girls and women ages 15 to 19 in 2018. What’s behind the recent trends?

Alone time for older Americans amounts to about seven hours a day. Time spent alone rises to over 10 hours a day among those living on their own.

Those 60 and older now spend more than half of their daily leisure time, four hours and 16 minutes, in front of screens.

The changing role of fathers has introduced new challenges as dads juggle the competing demands of family and work.

A key U.S. fertility rate has reached a record low for the fourth year in a row. But is it really a record low? The short answer: It’s complicated.

American motherhood has changed in many ways since Mother’s Day was first celebrated more than 100 years ago.