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    Fewer mothers and fathers in U.S. are working due to COVID-19 downturn; those at work have cut hours
    The shares of mothers and fathers who are working have fallen from 2019 to 2020, but the falloff has been comparable for each group.
    Only 24% of Trump supporters view the coronavirus outbreak as a ‘very important’ voting issue
    Supporters of Donald Trump and Joe Biden differ widely on the issues that are "very important" to their vote.
    About half of Americans say their lives will remain changed in major ways when the pandemic is over
    After months of living amid a pandemic, many Americans expect their lives to remain changed even after the COVID-19 outbreak is over.
    Americans’ Views of Government: Low Trust, but Some Positive Performance Ratings
    For years, public trust in the federal government has hovered at near-record lows. That remains the case today, as the United States struggles with a pandemic and economic recession.
    59% of U.S. parents with lower incomes say their child may face digital obstacles in schoolwork
    38% of parents with children whose K-12 schools closed in the spring said that their child was likely to face digital obstacles in schoolwork.
    A majority of young adults in the U.S. live with their parents for the first time since the Great Depression
    The share of 18- to 29-year-olds living with their parents has become a majority since U.S. coronavirus cases began spreading early this year.
    Amid COVID-19, remittances to some Latin American nations fell sharply in April, then rebounded
    El Salvador experienced a 40% drop in remittances in April 2020 compared with April 2019, the largest decline among the six nations analyzed.
    Public confidence in scientists has remained stable for decades
    44% of Americans have a great deal of confidence in the scientific community, while 47% have only some confidence and 7% have hardly any.
    More Americans oppose than favor the government providing a universal basic income for all adult citizens
    The idea of the government providing a universal basic income draws broad opposition from Republicans but is generally supported by Democrats.
    The U.S. budget deficit is rising amid COVID-19, but public concern about it is falling
    Response to the pandemic has pushed the federal budget higher than it's been in decades, but Americans are slightly less concerned about the deficit than in recent years.

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