Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
When we have the data to study groups of similarly aged people over time, we won’t always default to using the standard generational definitions and labels, like Gen Z, Millennials or Baby Boomers.
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Even as they age, younger generations in the U.S. tend to be more favorably disposed to groups, leaders and countries beyond their border.
37% of those ages 18 to 29 say they moved, someone moved into their home or they know someone who moved because of the outbreak.
One-in-ten U.S. adults say they have taken part in citizen science in the past year, and 26% say they have ever done so.
Americans who recently protested are more likely to live in an urban area and to identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party.
Here’s what our surveys have found about how Americans across the age spectrum have experienced the coronavirus pandemic.
The drop in employment in three months of the COVID-19 recession is more than double the drop effected by the Great Recession over two years.
Three-in-ten Millennials live with a spouse and child, compared with 40% of Gen Xers at a comparable age.
Born after 1996, the oldest Gen Zers will turn 23 this year. They are racially and ethnically diverse, progressive and pro-government, and more than 20 million will be eligible to vote in November.
World War II service members’ numbers have dwindled from around 939,000 veterans in 2015 to about 300,000 in 2020.
From distractions to jealousy, how Americans navigate cellphones and social media in their romantic relationships.
