About 5% of young adults in the U.S. say their gender is different from their sex assigned at birth
1.6% of U.S. adults are transgender or nonbinary. Also, a rising share of Americans say they know someone who is transgender.
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1.6% of U.S. adults are transgender or nonbinary. Also, a rising share of Americans say they know someone who is transgender.
Students who are gay, lesbian or bisexual, as well as girls, were especially likely to say their mental health has suffered in the past year.
The gender wage gap is narrower among younger workers nationally, and the gap varies across geographical areas.
About seven-in-ten say young adults today have a harder time when it comes to saving for the future, paying for college and buying a home.
Adoption of key technologies by those in the oldest age group has grown markedly since about a decade ago.
Nearly six-in-ten U.S. adults (59%) see a great deal of difference between the two major political parties, up from 55% just two years ago.
Among those ages 18 to 29, friends and community often rank in the top three sources of meaning, fulfillment and satisfaction in their lives.
The shares of American 9- and 13-year-olds who say they read for fun on an almost daily basis have dropped from nearly a decade ago.
As of the third quarter of 2021, 50.3% of U.S. adults 55 and older said they were out of the labor force due to retirement.
Among all U.S. adults, 63% favor making tuition at public colleges free, including 37% who strongly favor the proposal.
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