Americans are more pessimistic than optimistic about many aspects of the country’s future
63% of Americans are pessimistic about the country’s moral and ethical standards, and 59% are pessimistic about its education system.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Kiley Hurst
Research Analyst
Kiley Hurst is a research analyst focusing on social and demographic research at Pew Research Center.
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Americans are divided on whether society overlooks racial discrimination or sees it where it doesn’t exist
53% of U.S. adults say people overlooking racial discrimination is a bigger problem than people seeing it where it really didn’t exist.
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Support for the Black Lives Matter Movement Has Dropped Considerably From Its Peak in 2020
Today, 51% of U.S. adults say they support the Black Lives Matter movement – down from 67% in June 2020. A majority of Americans say the increased focus on race and racial inequality in the past three years hasn’t led to improvement for Black Americans.
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In a Growing Share of U.S. Marriages, Husbands and Wives Earn About the Same
Among married couples in the United States, women’s financial contributions have grown steadily over the last half century. Even when earnings are similar, husbands spend more time on paid work and leisure, while wives devote more time to caregiving and housework.
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Parents’ worries about their children are often linked to how they assess the quality of their neighborhoods
14% of parents say their neighborhood is only a fair or poor place to raise kids; these parents also have greater worry for their kids’ well-being.
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How Today’s Parents Say Their Approach to Parenting Does – or Doesn’t – Match Their Own Upbringing
How are U.S. parents raising their children these days, and how does their approach compare with the way their own parents raised them?
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K-12 parents differ by party in how frequently they discuss certain national issues with their children
A quarter of U.S. parents of K-12 students say racism or racial inequality comes up in conversation with their children very or fairly often.
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About a third of K-12 parents are very or extremely worried a shooting could happen at their children’s school
Mothers are more likely than fathers to be extremely or very worried about a school shooting, and concerns also vary by race and ethnicity.
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Q&A: How and why we surveyed Americans about their views on gender identity
The new survey covers topics such as whether the public thinks society is moving too quickly or not quickly enough on gender identity issues.
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U.S. teens are more likely than adults to support the Black Lives Matter movement
Seven-in-ten U.S. teens say they support the Black Lives Matter movement. By comparison, 56% of U.S. adults said this in a separate survey.
