Personal Finances

The share of adults who are “basically content” with the federal government has risen to the highest point since 2004, driven by Democrats.

In the third quarter of 2020, about 28.6 million Baby Boomers reported that they were out of the labor force due to retirement.

The idea of the government providing a universal basic income draws broad opposition from Republicans but is generally supported by Democrats.

Distress levels changed little overall from March to April, but this concealed considerable change at the individual level over this period.

Nearly one-in-five U.S. adults say they have had a physical reaction at least some or a little of the time when thinking about the outbreak.

A majority of U.S. households have some level of investment in the stock market, mostly in the form of retirement accounts such as 401(k)s.

Over the past 50 years, the highest-earning 20% of U.S. households have steadily brought in a larger share of the country’s total income.

About one-third of adults under age 30 have student loan debt. In 2016, the amount students owed varied widely, especially by degree attained.

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.