Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Today’s Millennials value parenthood far more than marriage. About half this group (52%) say that being a good parent is “one of the most important things” in life, compared to just 30% who say the same about having a successful marriage.
The median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households and 18 times that of Hispanic households, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of newly available government data from 2009.
More than half (53%) of white evangelical Protestants view Mormonism as a non-Christian faith. This view is linked to opinions about Mitt Romney among this group.
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, who is of Cuban ancestry, has been discussed as a potential vice presidential running mate. But despite his Cuban ancestry, when registered Latino voters are asked about him, 54% say they never heard of him, don’t know, or can’t rate him.
The recent Occupy Wall Street protests have focused public attention on what organizers see as the excesses of America’s free market system, but perceptions of capitalism have changed little since early 2010 despite the recent tumult. Half of all Americans have a positive view of capitalism, while 40% react negatively to the term.
In assessing Congress, 55% of the public thinks that the political system can work well, but that it’s the members that are the problem.
Barely half of all adults (51%) in the United States –a record low — are currently married.
Although Europe and the Americas still are home to a majority of the world’s Christians (63%), that share is much lower than it was in 1910 (93%).
More than three-in-ten (31%) military women are black. This is almost twice the share of active-duty men who are black.
Roughly three-quarters of the public (77%) say that they think there is too much power in the hands of a few rich people and large corporations in the United States.
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