Social Values

ReportJune 25, 2020

Despite major changes in laws and norms surrounding the issue of same-sex marriage and the rights of LGBT people around the world, public opinion on the acceptance of homosexuality in society remains sharply divided by country, region and economic development.

Fact TankJune 18, 2020

When it comes to abortion, members of Congress are starkly divided by party. Yet the partisan divide among Americans themselves is less stark.

ReportJune 16, 2020

Across the surveyed countries, opinion varies widely about the value of diversity. But interacting with people of different backgrounds is related to more positive attitudes about the role of diversity in society.

ReportJune 12, 2020

As demonstrations continue across the country to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man killed while in Minneapolis police custody, Americans see the protests both as a reaction to Floyd’s death and an expression of frustration over longstanding issues.

Fact TankJune 3, 2020

Black adults are about five times as likely as whites to say they’ve been unfairly stopped by police because of their race or ethnicity.

ReportMay 8, 2020

From distractions to jealousy, how Americans navigate cellphones and social media in their romantic relationships.

Fact TankApril 29, 2020

Roughly one-in-five of the Christian congregations we analyzed in an eight-week period heard at least one sermon that mentioned abortion.

Fact TankApril 10, 2020

45% of Americans don’t think it makes a difference that there is growing variety in the types of family arrangements people live in.

Fact TankApril 9, 2020

A majority of LGB adults report that they have used an online dating site or app, roughly twice the share of straight adults who say the same.

Fact TankMarch 3, 2020

Christians are more likely than religiously unaffiliated Americans to see the Supreme Court favorably (69% vs. 51%).