Pew Research CenterOctober 29, 2019
The 30-year low reflects in part tight labor markets and falling unemployment, but also higher shares of young women at work or in school.
Pew Research CenterOctober 23, 2019
Financial independence is one of the many markers used to designate the crossover from childhood into young adulthood, and it’s a milestone most Americans (64%) think young adults should reach by the time they are 22 years old, according to a new Pew Research Center study. But that’s not the reality for most young adults who’ve reached this age.
Pew Research CenterOctober 1, 2019
This decade will likely be the first since the one that began in 1850 to break a long-running decline in American household size.
Pew Research CenterSeptember 18, 2019
Household incomes in the United States have rebounded from their 2012 bottom in the wake of the Great Recession. And for the most part, the typical incomes of households headed by less-educated adults as well as more-educated adults have increased.
Pew Research CenterJuly 31, 2019
Around a quarter of college faculty in the U.S. were nonwhite in fall 2017, compared with 45% of students.
Pew Research CenterJuly 24, 2019
The majority of Baby Boomers are still in the labor force: In 2018, 53% of adults ages 54 to 72 were still working or looking for work.
Pew Research CenterJune 20, 2019
This year will likely be the first year in which women are a majority of the U.S. college-educated labor force.
Pew Research CenterMay 29, 2019
Midterm voter turnout reached a modern high in 2018, and Generation Z, Millennials and Generation X accounted for a narrow majority of those voters
Pew Research CenterMay 22, 2019
An influx of students from low-income families and students of color at U.S. colleges and universities has almost exclusively fueled the growth in the overall number of undergraduates.
Social TrendsFebruary 14, 2019
Generally better educated and more racially and ethnically diverse, Millennials have also been slower to marry and form their own households than previous generations of young adults.
