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.
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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.
Across 34 countries, a median of 65% said in 2019 they felt pessimistic about reducing the gap between the rich and poor in their country.
U.S. adults in this group are less likely to get the facts right about COVID-19 and politics and more likely to hear some unproven claims.
Between February and June 2020, the share of young adults who are neither enrolled in school nor employed has more than doubled.
Compared with 2000, suburban populations are less engaged in the labor market, experiencing declining incomes and seeing home values that have not kept pace with those of the central cities.
Two-thirds of parents in the U.S. say parenting is harder today than it was 20 years ago, with many citing technologies โ like social media or smartphones โ as a reason.
Most Americans (71%) have heard of a conspiracy theory that alleges that powerful people intentionally planned the coronavirus outbreak.
While declining shares give police forces positive marks for their use of force, treatment of racial groups and officer accountability, there is little support for cuts in spending on local policing.
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.
Americans are much more likely than Germans to see U.S. bases in Germany as important for their countryโs national security.
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