report Jan 25, 2024 Parents, Young Adult Children and the Transition to Adulthood Most U.S. young adults are at least mostly financially independent and happy with their parents’ involvement in their lives. Parent-child relationships are mostly strong.
short read Oct 27, 2023 Working husbands in U.S. have more leisure time than working wives do, especially among those with children Among employed U.S. adults who are ages 25 to 64 and married, husbands spend about 28 hours per week on leisure. Wives spend about 26 hours on it.
short read Nov 27, 2023 How people around the world view same-sex marriage Among the 32 places surveyed, support for legal same-sex marriage is highest in Sweden, where 92% of adults favor it, and lowest in Nigeria, where only 2% back it.
short reads May 15, 2024 Support for legal abortion is widespread in many places, especially in Europe Majorities in most of the 27 places around the world surveyed in 2023 and 2024 say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
short reads May 13, 2024 Americans overwhelmingly say access to IVF is a good thing Seven-in-ten Americans say in vitro fertilization access is a good thing. Just 8% say it is a bad thing, and 22% are unsure.
report May 9, 2024 Teens and Video Games Today 85% of U.S. teens say they play video games. They see both positive and negative sides, from making friends to harassment and sleep loss.
short reads May 8, 2024 Americans are less likely than others around the world to feel close to people in their country or community A median of 83% across 24 nations surveyed say they feel close to other people in their country, while 66% of Americans hold this view.
short reads May 2, 2024 Who do Americans feel comfortable talking to about their mental health? Half of Americans or more say they are extremely or very comfortable talking about their mental health with a close friend, an immediate family member or a mental health therapist.
short reads Apr 3, 2024 Few East Asian adults believe women have an obligation to society to have children Two-thirds or more in Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam say that women should decide for themselves whether to bear children.
short reads Mar 21, 2024 Among parents with young adult children, some dads feel less connected to their kids than moms do Majorities of both moms and dads with a young adult child age 18 to 34 say they’re as involved in their child’s day-to-day life as they’d like to be.
report Mar 11, 2024 How Teens and Parents Approach Screen Time Most teens at least sometimes feel happy and peaceful when they don’t have their phone, but 44% say this makes them anxious. Half of parents say they have looked through their teen’s phone.
short reads Feb 20, 2024 Most East Asian adults say men and women should share financial and caregiving duties Around eight-in-ten adults in Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam say both men and women should be primarily responsible for earning money.
short reads Feb 15, 2024 Among young adults without children, men are more likely than women to say they want to be parents someday Among adults ages 18 to 34, 69% of those who have never been married say they want to get married one day.