Cohabitation a Step Toward Marriage?
Among Americans who have ever lived with an unmarried partner, nearly two-thirds say they thought about it as a step toward marriage.
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Love Trumps Money?
More than nine-in-ten married people say that love is a very important reason to marry while only about three-in-ten cite financial stability as an important factor. The data suggest otherwise.
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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
Jobs remain the public’s primary economic concern, and given the pessimism about job availability, it’s not hard to see why.
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Optimistic about Future of Marriage
Despite large changes in family structure and formation rates, the public maintains a strongly positive view about marriage and the family.
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Same-Sex Couples Raising Children Is Bad for Society
A plurality of Americans (43%) disapprove of gay and lesbian couples raising children, but that number has declined from 50% in 2007.
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America Losing Ground
Majorities or pluralities of Americans think the country is losing ground on nine of 12 major issues.
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Filibuster Reform?
Just a quarter of the public knows that it takes 60 votes to break a filibuster in the Senate.
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Senior research staff answer questions from readers relating to all the areas covered by our seven projects, ranging from polling techniques and findings, to media, technology, religious, demographic and global attitudes trends.
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Baby Boomers Retire
Roughly 10,000 Baby Boomers will turn 65 today, and about 10,000 more will cross that threshold every day for the next 19 years.
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Wait til Next Year
While a majority of Americans believe that next year will be better than 2010, there was far more optimism at the beginning of the year.