Both the number and share of new college graduates with a bachelor’s degree in education have decreased over the last few decades.
Women have overtaken men and now account for more than half (50.7%) of the college-educated labor force in the United States.
On a couple of policies related to transgender people, there is some agreement among Americans, but views of other policies are more divided.
Despite the growth of commercial sports betting, the most common way that Americans bet on sports is with friends or family.
In 2019, 81% of household heads with a bachelor’s degree or more education had a spouse or partner who was also a college graduate.
Here’s what Americans said they learned about the development of vaccines and medical treatments and their advice for handling a future outbreak.
The number of males has exceeded the number of females since the mid-1960s. But by 2050, the worldwide sex ratio is expected to even out.
Black Americans support significant reforms to or complete overhauls of several U.S. institutions to ensure fair treatment. Yet even as they assess inequality and ideas about progress, many are pessimistic about whether society and institutions will change in ways that would reduce racism.
India’s artificially wide ratio of baby boys to baby girls – which arose in the 1970s from the use of prenatal diagnostic technology to facilitate sex-selective abortions – now appears to be narrowing. Son bias has declined sharply among Sikhs, while Christians continue to have a natural balance of sons and daughters.
We asked respondents to describe in their own words what rose and fell in importance to them during the pandemic. Here are some of the key themes that emerged.
