tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-215415682024-03-07T13:10:20.832-05:00Demo MemoCheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.comBlogger3728125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-81090516651139919332022-06-16T10:09:00.001-04:002022-06-16T10:09:25.167-04:00Fewer than One-Third of Adults Have a Landline Phone<p>Only 31 percent of American adults live in a household with a landline phone, according to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) survey fielded July-December 2021. Among children, the proportion who live in a household with a landline is an even smaller 20 percent. </p><p>NCHS has been asking the public about its telephone status since 2003. The reason for doing so is to provide health researchers who conduct RDD (random-digit-dial) telephone surveys with information about how the cell phone population differs from the landline population. With this information, "survey research organizations can evaluate whether they have appropriately included this [cell phone] population in their telephone surveys," explains NCHS.</p><p>The 31 percent of adults who live in a household with a landline phone in 2021 was less than half of the 66 percent who had a landline phone in their household a decade ago. The figure fell below 50 percent for the first time in 2015.</p><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Percent of adults who live in a household with a landline phone</u></div><div style="text-align: left;">2021: 31%</div><div style="text-align: left;">2016: 46%</div><div style="text-align: left;">2011: 66%</div><div style="text-align: left;">2007: 84%</div><div style="text-align: left;">2003: 95%</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Source: National Center for Health Statistics, <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/wireless202205.pdf">Wireless Substitution: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, July-December 2021</a> (PDF) and <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/erwirelesssubs.htm">Early Release Reports on Wireless Substitution</a></div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-68484228307206982182022-06-15T10:33:00.003-04:002022-06-15T10:33:50.475-04:00Full-Service Restaurants Roar Back from the Pandemic<p>At least one thing is back to normal: food-away-from-home spending has returned to its top position in the food chain. With Covid receding, or increasingly ignored, Americans in 2021 spent more on "food away from home" than they did on "food at home"—a return to the normal pattern. Not only that, but food away from home spending reached a record high in 2021 of $463 billion. This was fully 21 percent more than in 2020, after adjusting for inflation.</p><p>The category "food away from home" includes the amount spent on food purchased from full-service and fast-food restaurants, bars, vending machines, schools and colleges, and places of recreation. The category "food at home" includes the amount spent on food purchased from grocery stores, convenience and other food stores, mail order, and farmer's markets. </p><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Annual spending on food (in billions of inflation-adjusted dollars)</u></div><style type="text/css">
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<tr><td>2021</td><td> $430 </td><td> $463 </td><td> –$32</td></tr>
<tr><td>2020</td><td> $414 </td><td> $382 </td><td> $32</td></tr>
<tr><td>2019</td><td> $398 </td><td> $454 </td><td> –$56</td></tr>
</tbody></table><br /><div>Within the food-away-from-home category, spending at both fast-food and full-service restaurants fell in 2020. Full-service restaurant spending dropped 27 percent between 2019 and 2020, and fast-food spending fell 6 percent. The 2021 rebound in full-service restaurant spending was impressive—an increase of 45 percent to a record high of $162 billion. Fast-food spending climbed 14 percent and hit a record high of $164 billion. </div><div><br /></div><div>In all but four years of the USDA's Food Expenditure data series, which dates back to 1997, spending at full-service restaurants has exceeded spending at fast-food restaurants. The first time when full-service dining fell behind fast-food was in 2010, a consequence of the Great Recession, but the difference was just 0.3 percent. The next time full-service spending fell behind fast-food spending was in 2019, the year before the pandemic—again, by just 0.3 percent. In 2020, full-service spending was a stunning 22 percent below fast-food. In 2021, full-service closed most of the gap and was just 1 percent behind fast-food. </div><div><br /></div><div>Source: USDA, <a href="https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-expenditure-series/">Food Expenditure Series</a>, Constant Dollar Food and Alcohol Expenditures, with Taxes and Tips, for All Purchasers</div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-80979835764019032632022-06-14T09:36:00.000-04:002022-06-14T09:36:14.092-04:0044% of Americans Know Someone Who Is Transgender<p>More than 100 million Americans (44 percent of adults) know someone who is transgender (their gender differs from their sex assigned at birth), according to the results of a Pew Research Center survey. More than 50 million (20 percent) know someone who is nonbinary (they identify as neither male nor female). </p><p>Overall, 1.6 percent of adults are either transgender (0.6 percent) or nonbinary (1.0 percent). The figure is highest among 18-to-29-year-olds (5.1 percent) and falls with age. Among people aged 30 to 49, 1.6 percent say they are transgender or nonbinary. Among those aged 50 or older, the share is just 0.3 percent. </p><p>The number of transgender and nonbinary adults may be small but their reach is large...</p><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Percent who personally know someone who is transgender</u></div><div style="text-align: left;">Total aged 18-plus: 44%</div><div style="text-align: left;">Aged 18 to 49: 52%</div><div style="text-align: left;">Aged 30 to 49: 48%</div><div style="text-align: left;">Aged 50 to 64: 43%</div><div style="text-align: left;">Aged 65-plus: 33% </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Percent who personally know someone who is nonbinary</u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Total aged 18-plus: 20%</div><div>Aged 18 to 49: 37%</div><div>Aged 30 to 49: 24%</div><div>Aged 50 to 64: 13%</div><div>Aged 65-plus: 7% </div><div><br /></div><div>Source: Pew Research Center, <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/06/07/about-5-of-young-adults-in-the-u-s-say-their-gender-is-different-from-their-sex-assigned-at-birth/">About 5% of Young Adults in the U.S. Say Their Gender is Different from Their Sex Assigned at Birth</a></div></div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-87224524022021896132022-06-09T09:33:00.002-04:002022-06-09T09:33:40.122-04:00Marriages Fall To a Low Not Seen Since 1963<p>Americans are less inclined to marry these days. The pandemic didn't help matters. The marriage rate fell to 5.1 marriages per 1,000 population in 2020, according to the National Center for Health Statistics—yet another record low. The number of marriages fell to a level not seen since 1963. </p><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Marriage rate (and number of marriages), 2000 to 2020</u></div><div style="text-align: left;">2020: 5.1 (1.7 million)</div><div style="text-align: left;">2019: 6.1 (2.0 million)</div><div style="text-align: left;">2010: 6.8 (2.1 million)</div><div style="text-align: left;">2000: 8.2 (2.3 million)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Marriages were not the only vital statistic affected by the pandemic. Both the divorce rate and the number of divorces, which had already been on a downward slide, plunged in 2020 as the pandemic forced couples to hunker down. The divorce rate fell to a level not seen since 1961. There were fewer divorces than in any year since 1968.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><u>Divorce rate (and number of divorces), 2000 to 2020</u></div><div>2020: 2.3 (631,000)</div><div>2019: 2.7 (747,000)</div><div>2010: 3.6 (872,000)</div><div>2000: 4.0 (944,000)</div><div><br /></div><div>Marriage and divorce are likely to rebound as the effects of the pandemic fade. But because marriage and divorce were both in a long-term decline when the pandemic hit, the rebound could be short-lived.</div><div><br /></div><div>Source: National Center for Health Statistics, <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/marriage-divorce.htm">Marriage and Divorce</a>, National Marriage and Divorce Rate Trends for 2000–2020</div></div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-73257488539088326972022-06-08T09:09:00.000-04:002022-06-08T09:09:24.102-04:00Most Americans Rarely or Never Read a Newspaper<p>Only 21 percent of Americans aged 18 or older read a newspaper every day, according to the 2021 General Social Survey. Readership has plummeted since 1972 when the 69 percent majority of the American public read a newspaper every day. </p><p>Now, the share of adults who <u>never</u> read a newspaper (40 percent) is far greater than the share who read a newspaper daily. Fully 57 percent of the public reads a newspaper less than once a week or never. </p><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Frequency of reading a newspaper in 2021 and 1972</u></div><style type="text/css">
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<tr><td>Never</td><td> 40</td><td> 4</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>During the past 50 years, there have been two periods of decline in "every day" newspaper readership. The first occurred during the 1970s. Between 1972 and 1982, the percentage of adults who read a newspaper every day fell from 69 to 52 percent—a 17 percentage point drop. One factor behind the decline was the expansion of television news. </div><div><br /></div><div>Daily newspaper readership stabilized during the 1980s and was still at 52 percent in 1991. Then the internet happened. By 2002, the share who read a newspaper every day had fallen to 42 percent. By 2012, it was just 27 percent. Now at 21 percent, how much lower can it go?</div><div><br /></div><div>Source: Demo Memo analysis of the <a href="https://sda.berkeley.edu/sdaweb/analysis/?dataset=gss21">General Social Survey</a></div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-54633294147923299842022-06-07T09:19:00.000-04:002022-06-07T09:19:15.853-04:00It's Getting Worse<p>In the 2020-21 school year, 145 elementary/middle/secondary schools in the United States experienced a school shooting—a record high. Not only that, but 2020-21 was the first year in which there were more school shootings at elementary schools (59) than at high schools (57), according to an analysis of the <a href="https://www.chds.us/ssdb/">K-12 School Shooting Database</a> by the National Center for Education Statistics. </p><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Number of public or private elementary-secondary schools with shootings, 2015-16 to 2020-21</u></div><div style="text-align: left;">2020-21: 145 </div><div style="text-align: left;">2019-20: 114</div><div style="text-align: left;">2018-19: 113</div><div style="text-align: left;">2017-18: 89</div><div style="text-align: left;">2016-17: 47</div><div style="text-align: left;">2015-16: 38</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Forty-six people died from school shootings in 2020-21, below the record high of 52 fatalities from school shootings in 2017-18—the year of the shooting at Marjory Stoneham Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The fatality data for 2021-22 have yet to be released.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Source: National Center for Education Statistics, <i>Condition of Education</i>, <a href="https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/a01/violent-deaths-and-shootings?tid=200">Violent Deaths at School and Away from School and School Shootings</a> and <i>Digest of Education Statistics</i>, <a href="https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d21/tables/dt21_228.12.asp?current=yes">Table 228.12</a></div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-50068031185340215812022-06-01T09:49:00.000-04:002022-06-01T09:49:51.840-04:00Many Say Coronavirus Pandemic Is Over<p>A substantial 34 percent of the American public say the coronavirus pandemic is over, according to a recent Gallup survey. Of course, Republicans and Democrats have very different perspectives...</p><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Percent who say coronavirus pandemic is over</u></div><div style="text-align: left;">Democrats: 10%</div><div style="text-align: left;">Republicans: 66%</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Although more than one-third of all adults think the coronavirus pandemic is over, just 21 percent say their own life is somewhat or completely back to pre-pandemic normal. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Fully 50 percent of Americans say their lives will never return to normal.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Source: Gallup, <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/392768/one-three-americans-think-pandemic.aspx">One in Three Americans Think Pandemic Is Over</a></div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-60917744117503506912022-05-31T09:57:00.001-04:002022-06-05T09:36:32.533-04:00Large Cities Lost 0.4% of Population between 2020-21<p>Between 2020 and 2021, the first year of the pandemic, the population of the nation's 798 large cities (defined as incorporated places with populations of 50,000 or more in 2021) fell by 0.4 percent—a loss of 505,000 people. The remainder of the United States grew 0.4 percent, a gain of 898,000 people. The 2020-21 pattern is a reversal of the trend from the previous decade when large cities grew faster than the remainder of the country. Overall, the United States grew by just 0.1 percent between 2020 and 2021, the slowest population growth in U.S. history.</p><p>The largest cities—the nine with populations of 1 million or more (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Diego, and Dallas)—experienced the biggest population loss between 2020 and 2021—a 1.7 percent decline. The nation's largest city—New York— lost 3.5 percent of its residents. Regardless of city size, however, growth was nothing to write home about...</p><div style="text-align: left;"><u>City population growth 2020-2021 by city size</u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>1 million or more: -1.7%</span><br /><span>500,000 to 999,999: -0.7%</span><br /><span>250,000 to 499,999: -0.1%</span><br /><span>200,000 to 249,999: 0.3%</span><br /><span>150,000 to 199,999: -0.1%</span><br /><span>100,000 to 149,999: 0.0%</span><br /><span>50,000 to 99,999: 0.2%</span></div><span><br /></span><span>It remains to be seen whether the coronavirus pandemic is the cause of the reversal of the previous decade's city population trends. During the 2010s, the growth rate of the nation's large cities was slowing as the decade progressed. The 2020-21 loss is likely a continuation of the slowdown, exacerbated by the pandemic. </span><br /><span><br /></span><span>Source: Census Bureau, <a href="https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html">City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021</a></span>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-62850598936031100362022-05-26T09:33:00.000-04:002022-05-26T09:33:43.547-04:0011% Say Crime Makes it Unsafe to Walk<p>How many Americans feel unsafe walking because of crime? That question was included in the 2020 National Health Interview Survey along with several others meant to probe perceptions of the walking environment. </p><p>Overall, 11 percent of people aged 18 or older say crime makes it unsafe for them to walk. Women are more likely to feel that way (13 percent) than men (9 percent). Here are the percentages for women and men by age...</p><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Percent of women (and men) who say crime makes it unsafe for them to walk</u></div><div style="text-align: left;">Aged 18 to 24: 17.1% (9.3%)</div><div style="text-align: left;">Aged 25 to 44: 14.1% (10.1%)</div><div style="text-align: left;">Aged 45 to 64: 12.7% (8.9%)</div><div style="text-align: left;">Aged 65-plus: 9.9% (6.5%)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The perception that crime makes it unsafe to walk falls with age—particularly among women. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Source: <span style="font-family: inherit;">National Center for Health Statistics, <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7120a5.htm">QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-size: 16px;">≥</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124;">18 Years Who Felt that Crime Makes it Unsafe to Walk, by Sex and Age Group—National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2020</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-72414511654940266292022-05-25T10:02:00.000-04:002022-05-25T10:02:04.718-04:00Men's College Enrollment Rate Falls to 38-Year Low<p>The percentage of male high school graduates who enroll in college soon after graduating from high school fell to the lowest level in almost 40 years, according to government data. Among 16-to-24-year-old men who graduated from high school in 2021, just 54.9 percent had enrolled in college by October of that year. The 2021 enrollment rate is a hefty 4.4 percentage points below the 2020 figure and fully 12.5 percentage points below the all-time high recorded in 2016. Not since 1983 has the male enrollment rate been lower.</p><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Male college enrollment rate for selected years </u></div><div style="text-align: left;">2021: 54.9%</div><div style="text-align: left;">2020: 59.3%</div><div style="text-align: left;">2016: 67.4% <b>(record high)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">2010: 62.8%</div><div style="text-align: left;">2000: 59.9%</div><div style="text-align: left;">1990: 58.0%</div><div style="text-align: left;">1980: 46.7%</div><div style="text-align: left;">1970: 55.2%</div><div style="text-align: left;">1960: 54.0%</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Note: The college enrollment rate is the percentage of 16-to-24-year-olds who graduated from high school in a given year and were enrolled in college by October of that year. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">While men's college enrollment rate fell between 2020 and 2021, the enrollment rate of women increased by 3.3 percentage points to 69.5 percent. Women's 2021 rate is not far from the all-time high of 74.0 percent reached in 2010. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The gap between women's and men's college enrollment rates has never been larger. With an enrollment rate of 69.5 percent for women and just 54.9 percent for men in 2021, the difference between women's and men's college enrollment rates is nearly 15 percentage points.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, TED: The Economics Daily, <a href="https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2022/61-8-percent-of-recent-high-school-graduates-enrolled-in-college-in-october-2021.htm">61.8 Percent of Recent High School Graduates Enrolled in College in October 2021</a>, and National Center for Education Statistics, <a href="https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d21/tables/dt21_302.10.asp?current=yes">Digest of Education Statistics, Table 302.10</a></div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-1146354768965369552022-05-24T09:28:00.000-04:002022-05-24T09:28:53.268-04:0028% Live Close to All or Most Extended Family <p>Imagine living within an hour's drive of your entire extended family—meaning "children, parents, grandparents, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, and in-laws." A substantial 28 percent of Americans aged 18 or older do live that close to "all or most" of their extended family, according to a Pew Research Center survey. This group, in fact, outnumbers all the others...</p><div style="text-align: left;"><u>How many extended family members live within an hour's drive?</u></div><div style="text-align: left;">28%: all or most</div><div style="text-align: left;">27%: some </div><div style="text-align: left;">24%: only a few</div><div style="text-align: left;">20%: none</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The share of Americans who live near all or most of their extended family varies by demographic characteristic. By race and Hispanic origin, Blacks (31 percent) and Hispanics (31 percent) are most likely to live close to family, followed by non-Hispanic whites (29 percent). Asians (18 percent) are least likely to live close to family. In fact, fully 33 percent of Asians say none of their extended family is within an hour's drive.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The chances of living near all or most extended family is increasingly rare with rising education. Among adults with no more than a high school diploma, 34 percent say they are within an hour's drive of all or most of their extended family. Among those with a graduate degree, the figure is just 16 percent. Fully 32 percent of those with a graduate degree say none of their extended family is nearby. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">By region, living within an hour's drive to all or most extended family is most common among residents of the Midwest (33 percent) and Northeast (32 percent), followed by the South (28 percent). It is least common in the West (22 percent). </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Source: Pew Research Center, <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/05/18/more-than-half-of-americans-live-within-an-hour-of-extended-family/">More than Half of Americans Live within an Hour of Extended Family</a></div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-46848741149807189052022-05-19T09:57:00.000-04:002022-05-19T09:57:20.491-04:00Democrats Continue to Outnumber Republicans<div style="text-align: left;">The political affiliations of the American public have not changed much in decades. According to the 2021 General Social Survey, 44 percent of people aged 18 or older identify themselves as Democrats, 30 percent as Republicans, and 23 percent as independents. Here's the GSS question: "Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as a Republican, Democrat, Independent, or what?"</div><div><br /></div><div>Among the 44 percent of Americans who identify as a Democrat, nearly 19 percent say they are a "strong" Democrat, 14 percent are "not very strong," and 12 percent think of themselves as independent but close to a Democrat. Millennials, Gen Xers, and Boomers are about equally likely to think of themselves as Democrats, with 41 percent of Gen Xers, 44 percent of Boomers, and 45 percent of Millennials doing so.</div><div><br /></div><div>Among the 30 percent of Americans who identify as a Republican, 13 percent say they are a "strong" Republican, 9 percent are "not very strong," and 8 percent think of themselves as independent but close to a Republican. Millennials are much less likely than older generations to identify as Republican, with only 23 percent doing so. Among Gen Xers, 38 percent call themselves a Republican. The figure is 36 percent among Boomers.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Political party identification of Americans aged 18 or older, 2000 to 2021</u></div><style type="text/css">
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<tr><td>2021</td><td> 44.2%</td><td> 30.2%</td><td> 23.0%</td></tr>
<tr><td>2016</td><td> 47.5</td><td> 32.8</td><td> 17.1</td></tr>
<tr><td>2010</td><td> 45.8</td><td> 32.8</td><td> 18.8</td></tr>
<tr><td>2000</td><td> 43.2</td><td> 34.8</td><td> 20.4</td></tr>
</tbody></table><br /><div>Source: Demo Memo analysis of the <a href="https://sda.berkeley.edu/sdaweb/analysis/?dataset=gss21">2021 General Social Survey</a></div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-13525220112558150832022-05-18T08:35:00.000-04:002022-05-18T08:35:30.283-04:00Disparities in Gun Ownership<div style="text-align: left;">Gun ownership is common in the United States. Overall, 40 percent of Americans say they or someone in their household owns a gun, according to a 2021 survey by Pew Research Center. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Surprisingly, the differences in gun ownership by age or education are small. By age, the range is from 35 percent among 18-to-29-year-olds to 42 percent among those aged 50 or older—a 6 percentage point difference. By education, the range is from 33 percent among those with a graduate degree to 45 percent among those with some college—a 12 percentage point gap. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The gap in gun ownership is much larger by race, type of residence, and political affiliation...</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>PERCENTAGE WITH GUN(S) IN HOUSEHOLD</u></div><div style="text-align: left;">Total adults: 40%</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Race and Hispanic origin</u></div><div style="text-align: left;">47% of non-Hispanic whites</div><div style="text-align: left;">37% of Blacks</div><div style="text-align: left;">26% of Hispanics</div><div style="text-align: left;">20% of Asians</div><div style="text-align: left;">Difference between highest and lowest: <b>27 percentage points</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Rural-urban status</u></div><div style="text-align: left;">53% of rural</div><div style="text-align: left;">40% of suburban</div><div style="text-align: left;">29% of urban</div><div style="text-align: left;">Difference between highest and lowest: <b>24 percentage points</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Political party affiliation</u></div><div style="text-align: left;">54% of Republicans</div><div style="text-align: left;">31% of Democrats</div><div style="text-align: left;">Difference between highest and lowest: <b>23 percentage points</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Source: Pew Research Center, <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/09/13/key-facts-about-americans-and-guns/">Key Facts about Americans and Guns</a></div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-35567334376043680052022-05-17T09:43:00.001-04:002022-05-17T09:43:41.894-04:00Changes in Computer Use: 2011 to 2021<p>The federal government has been tracking computer and internet use in the United States since the 1990s—the beginning of the internet era for the general public. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) partners with the Census Bureau to probe the public's use of computing devices by adding question about device ownership, use, and internet access to the Current Population Survey. The latest survey results, collected by the November 2021 Current Population Survey, found the great majority of Americans using the internet. </p><p>Overall, 80 percent of the population aged 3 (yes, three) or older reported using the internet in the 2021 survey. The way the public accesses the internet has changed over the past decade. Here are the trends in device use among people aged 3-plus...</p><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Use a smartphone</u></div><div style="text-align: left;">2021: 70%</div><div style="text-align: left;">2011: 27%</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Use a laptop computer</u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>2021: 49%</div><div>2011: 43%</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Use a tablet computer</u></div><div><div>2021: 30%</div><div>2011: 6%</div></div><div><br /></div><div><u>Use a desktop computer</u></div><div><div>2021: 28%</div><div>2011: 45%</div></div><div><br /></div><div><u>Use a wearable</u></div><div><div>2021: 16%</div><div>2015: 1% (first year question asked)</div></div><div><br /></div><div><u>Use a smart TV</u></div><div><div>2021: 48%</div><div>2011: 14%</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Source: NTIA, <a href="https://ntia.gov/blog/2022/new-ntia-data-show-enduring-barriers-closing-digital-divide-achieving-digital-equity">New NTIA Data Show Enduring Barriers to Closing the Digital Divide, Achieving Digital Equity</a></div></div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-74529094611044216312022-05-12T09:06:00.001-04:002022-05-12T09:06:35.588-04:00Here's Why Pandemic Was So Hard on FamiliesThe latest statistics on the labor force participation of women with children under age 18 shows why the pandemic has been so hard on families. With the great majority of mothers in the labor force, family life was thrown into turmoil as day care arrangements closed and schooling turned remote. Below is a comparison of the labor force participation rates of mothers in 2021 with their counterparts in 1975 by age of child...<div><div><br /></div><div><u>Labor force participation rate of all women with children under age 18</u></div><div>2021: 71.2%</div><div>1975: 47.4%</div><div>Percentage point change: +23.8</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Labor force participation rate of women with children aged 6-17, none younger</u></div><div>2021: 75.5%</div><div>1975: 54.9%</div><div>Percentage point change: +20.6</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Labor force participation rate of women with children under age 6</u></div><div>2021: 65.6%</div><div>1975: 39.0%</div><div>Percentage point change: +26.6</div><div><br /></div><div><u>Labor force participation rate of women with children under age 3</u></div><div>2021: 63.1%</div><div>1975: 34.3%</div></div><div>Percentage point change: +28.8</div><div><br /></div><div>Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/famee_04202022.htm">Employment Characteristics of Families—2021</a> and <a href="https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/womens-databook/2021/home.htm">Women in the Labor Force: A Databook 2020</a></div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-43642212796155495362022-05-11T09:43:00.000-04:002022-05-11T09:43:11.321-04:0059% Know Someone Who Had an Abortion<p>Most Americans personally know someone who has had an abortion, according to a Pew Research Center survey fielded in March—prior to the leaking of the Supreme Court's draft opinion in a case challenging Roe v. Wade. "Personally know" is defined as a close friend, family member, or themselves.</p><p>There are surprisingly few differences by demographic characteristic in the share of Americans who personally know someone who has had an abortion. At least 50 percent of every demographic segment—with the exception of the youngest adults—personally know someone who has had an abortion. </p><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Personally know someone who has had an abortion</u></div><div style="text-align: left;">Total 18-plus: 59%</div><div style="text-align: left;">Aged 18 to 29: 46%</div><div style="text-align: left;">Aged 30 to 49: 60%</div><div style="text-align: left;">Aged 50 to 64: 65%</div><div style="text-align: left;">Aged 65-plus: 60%</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Blacks: 67%</div><div style="text-align: left;">Hispanics: 50%</div><div style="text-align: left;">Whites: 61%</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Democrats: 62%</div><div style="text-align: left;">Republicans: 57%</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Catholics: 55%</div><div style="text-align: left;">Protestants: 61%</div><div style="text-align: left;">White evangelicals: 58%</div><div style="text-align: left;">No religion: 61%</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Women (66 percent) are much more likely than men (51 percent) to personally know someone who has had an abortion. This pattern holds true in every demographic segment. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Source: Pew Research Center, <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/05/06/americas-abortion-quandary/">America's Abortion Quandary</a></div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-12601166572424571682022-05-10T09:46:00.000-04:002022-05-10T09:46:29.970-04:00Decline in Real Median Annual Earnings of Men<p>Men of prime working age have not made any economic progress over the past 30 years, according to an analysis by the Social Security Administration. Among men aged 20 to 59, median earnings stagnated or declined between 1989 and 2019, after adjusting for inflation. Here are the numbers...</p><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Real median annual earnings of men aged 20 to 29</u></div><div style="text-align: left;">2019: $26,830</div><div style="text-align: left;">1989: $26,830</div><div style="text-align: left;">Change: $0</div><div style="text-align: left;">Percent change: 0.0</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><u>Real median annual earnings of men aged 30 to 39</u></div><div>2019: $49,540</div><div>1989: $50,680</div><div>Change: -$1,140</div><div>Percent change: -2.2</div><div><br /></div><div><div><u>Real median annual earnings of men aged 40 to 49</u></div><div>2019: $59,470</div><div>1989: $64,130</div><div>Change: -$4,660</div><div>Percent change: -7.3</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><u>Real median annual earnings of men aged 50 to 59</u></div><div>2019: $59,220</div><div>1989: $61,820</div><div>Change: -$2,600</div><div>Percent change: -4.2</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Fortunately for the nation's families, the real median earnings of women increased during those years, more than making up for men's losses. The real median annual earnings of women aged 20 to 29 increased by $1,490 between 1989 and 2019. The earnings of women aged 30 to 39 grew by $6,520. Those for women aged 40 to 49 grew by $8,200, and the earnings of women aged 50 to 59 grew by $9,730.</div><div><br /></div><div>Source: Social Security Administration, <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/factsheets/at-a-glance/earnings-men.html">Earnings of Men Aged 20–59, 1989–2019</a> and <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/factsheets/at-a-glance/earnings-women.html">Earnings of Women Aged 20–59, 1989–2019</a></div></div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-2332224298777638532022-05-05T09:48:00.001-04:002022-05-05T09:48:55.684-04:00One in Five Teenagers Is Obese<p>The percentage of teenagers who are obese has more than quadrupled in the past 40 years, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Among 12-to-19-year-olds, just 5.0 percent were obese in the 1976–1980 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Forty years later in 2017–2018, a much larger 21.2 percent of teenagers were obese. Obesity is defined as a sex-specific BMI (body mass index) at or above the 95th percentile for the age group in the CDC's 2000 Growth Charts.</p><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Percent of 12-to-19-year-olds who are obese</u></div><div style="text-align: left;">2017–2018: 21.2%</div><div style="text-align: left;">2007–2008: 18.1%</div><div style="text-align: left;">1999–2000: 14.8%</div><div style="text-align: left;">1976–1980: 5.0%</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Teen boys are more likely than teen girls to be obese—22.5 percent of boys and 19.9 percent of girls were obese in 2017–2018. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Obesity is a growing problem for younger children as well. In the 6-to-11 age group, 20.3 percent were obese in 2017–18 (up from 6.5 percent in 1976–1980). Among children aged 2-to-5, a substantial 13.4 percent were obese in 2017–2018 (up from 5.0 percent in 1976–1980). </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Source: National Center for Health Statistics, <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/obesity-child-17-18/obesity-child.htm">Prevalence of Overweight, Obesity, and Severe Obesity among Children and Adolescents Aged 2–19 Years: United States, 1963–1965 through 2017–2018</a></div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-91914819140916772332022-05-04T09:14:00.001-04:002022-05-04T09:14:37.302-04:00Most Americans Support the Right to Abortion<p>If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, as now appears likely, it will be in defiance of public opinion. The great majority of Americans support abortion rights. Take a look at the latest numbers from the 2021 General Social Survey (GSS)...</p><div style="text-align: left;">89% think abortion should be legal if a woman's health is seriously endangered</div><div style="text-align: left;">84% think abortion should be legal if a woman becomes pregnant as a result of rape</div><div style="text-align: left;">77% think abortion should be legal if there is a strong chance of serious defect in the baby</div><div style="text-align: left;">54% think abortion should be legal if a woman wants it for any reason</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The General Social Survey has been probing the public's attitudes toward legal abortion since 1972. In that year, 87 percent thought abortion should be legal if a woman's health was seriously endangered. Seventy-nine percent favored legal abortion in the case of rape, and 79 percent supported the right to abortion if there was a serious defect in the baby. For the past 50 years, the public has overwhelmingly supported the right to legal abortion in these circumstances. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The broader question—whether abortion should be legal if a woman wants one for any reason—was first asked by the GSS in 1977. In that year, only 37 percent of the public supported legal abortion for any reason. The figure inched upward over the years, surpassing 50 percent for the first time in 2018. The 54 percent of 2021 is an all-time high for this measure. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Perhaps tellingly, support for a woman's right to a legal abortion for any reason does not vary much by age. Among 18-to-44-year-olds, 57 percent support a woman's right to choose. The share is 53 percent in the 45-to-64 age group and 52 percent among those aged 65 or older. Among men, 53 percent support the right to abortion for any reason. Among women, the share is 56 percent.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">With this kind of long-term and widespread support for legal abortion, at least in some circumstances, the public is not likely to let these rights go without a fight. Politicians take note.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Source: Demo Memo analysis of the <a href="https://sda.berkeley.edu/sdaweb/analysis/?dataset=gss21">2021 General Social Survey</a></div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-10781968801316664162022-04-28T09:19:00.003-04:002022-04-28T09:19:44.960-04:00First-Time Homebuyer Watch: 1st Quarter 2022<p> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Homeownership rate of householders aged 30 to 34, first quarter 2022: 49.0%</span></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">Homeownership rates in the first quarter of 2022 were little changed from rates in 2021 and below the levels recorded in 2020—when the coronavirus pandemic greatly reduced the response rate to the Census Bureau's Housing Vacancy Survey and consequently distorted homeownership trends. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">The overall homeownership rate in the first quarter of 2022 was 65.4 percent, nearly identical to the 65.5 percent annual rate of 2021. The nation's homeownership rate peaked at 69.0 percent in 2004.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">The homeownership rate of 30-to-34-year-olds (the age group in which householders typically buy their first home) climbed to 49.0 percent in the first quarter of 2022. This is a bit higher than the age group's 2021 annual rate of 48.4. More significantly, it is the highest quarterly rate for the age group since 2011—if the pandemic distorted rates of 2020 are excluded. Until 2011, the age group's homeownership rate had never sunk below 50 percent in the data series that began in 1982. Will the homeownership rate of the age group finally surpass 50 percent in the months to come? Stay tuned.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Source: Census Bureau, </span><a href="http://www.census.gov/housing/hvs/index.html" style="font-family: inherit;">Housing Vacancy Survey</a></div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-2529759302427311662022-04-27T08:41:00.000-04:002022-04-27T08:41:43.226-04:00Pessimism about Climate Change<p><span>Democrats and Republicans are in disagreement about most issues. Take climate change, for example. Only 11 percent of Republicans think "dealing with climate change should be a top priority for the president and Congress to address this year," according to a Pew Research Center survey. Among Democrats, fully 65 percent think climate change should be a top priority. Similarly, just 17 percent of Republicans say "human activity, such as the burning of fossil fuels, contributes a great deal to global climate change" versus 71 percent of Democrats.</span></p><p><span>But there's one climate issue on which the majority of Democrats and Republicans agree. Both are pessimistic that the world's nations will be able to work together to mitigate the worst consequences of climate change. </span></p><p><span>Here's the question: "How likely is it countries around the world, including the U.S., will collectively do enough to avoid the worst impacts of climate change?" The 51 percent majority of Democrats and the 56 percent majority of Republicans agree such collective action "will not happen."</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span><u>Probably/definitely WILL NOT happen</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Democrats: 51%</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Republicans: 56%</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><u>Probably/definitely WILL happen</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span>Democrats: 46%</span></div><div><span>Republicans: 24%</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><u>Climate change impacts are not a problem</u></span></div><div><div><span>Democrats: 2%</span></div><div><span>Republicans: 20%</span></div></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Source: Pew Research Center, <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/04/22/for-earth-day-key-facts-about-americans-views-of-climate-change-and-renewable-energy/">For Earth Day, Key Facts about Americans' Views of Climate Change and Renewable Energy</a></span></div></div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-4748970685097772692022-04-26T09:50:00.002-04:002022-04-26T12:12:43.317-04:00The Covid Toll: 2021 Worse than 2020<p><span>The Covid death toll was greater in 2021 than in 2020 despite the roll-out of vaccines. Why? In part, because pandemic mitigation efforts became politicized, creating an anti-vax movement whose consequences can be seen in the numbers. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><u><span>Total number of deaths due to Covid</span></u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>2021: 460,513</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>2020: 384,536</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u><span>Number of Covid deaths per 100,000 population</span></u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>2021: 111.4</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>2020: 93.2</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u><span>Change in death rate from Covid, 2020-21 by age</span></u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Aged 15-24: +179%</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Aged 25-34: +167%</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Aged 35-44: +154%</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Aged 45-54: +117%</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Aged 55-64: +75%</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Aged 65-74: +31%</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Aged 75-84: +1%</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Aged 85-plus: -24%</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><u>Change in death rate from Covid, 2020-21 by race and Hispanic origin</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Asians: -5%</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Blacks: -5%</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Hispanics: -4%</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Non-Hispanic whites: +36%</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Between 2020 and 2021, the Covid death rate among adults under age 55 more than doubled. Among non-Hispanic whites in 2021, the Covid death rate climbed 36 percent while falling for Asians, Blacks, and Hispanics.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>According to the <a href="https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/covid19-and-other-leading-causes-of-death-in-the-us/">Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker</a>, an estimated 161,900 Covid deaths in 2021 could have been prevented by vaccination—more than one-third of all Covid deaths last year. Many of those deaths were the consequence of the anti-vax movement.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Source: CDC, <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7117e1.htm?s_cid=mm7117e1_e&ACSTrackingID=USCDC_921-DM80268&ACSTrackingLabel=MMWR%20Early%20Release%20-%20Vol.%2071%2C%20April%2022%2C%202022&deliveryName=USCDC_921-DM80268#F1_down">Provisional Mortality Data—United States, 2021 </a></span></div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-51147360778650865502022-04-21T09:13:00.001-04:002022-04-21T09:13:58.935-04:00More than 2 Million Identify as Transgender on Survey<p>The Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey does more than track the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on American households. In an effort to determine whether some groups have been impacted by the pandemic more than others, the survey asks a nationally representative sample of the public about gender identity and sexual orientation.</p><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Gender identity</u></div><div style="text-align: left;">Among the nation's 252 million adults aged 18 or older, 2.4 million identify themselves as transgender, according to the most recent Household Pulse Survey, fielded March 30–April 11. Here's the breakdown by gender identity...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Male at birth: 123 million</div><div style="text-align: left;">Cisgender male: 118 million (96% of total male adults)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Female at birth: 129 million</div><div style="text-align: left;">Cisgender female: 124 million (96% of total female adults)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Transgender: 2.4 million</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">None of these: 4.8 million</div><div style="text-align: left;">Did not report: 5.1 million</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ninety-six percent of the nation's adults are cisgender—meaning they identify with their sex at birth. An estimated 2.4 million Americans are transgender (0.9 percent of adults). An even larger 5 million say they do not identify with any of the categories, and another 5 million did not answer the question. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Sexual orientation</u></div><div style="text-align: left;">Among the nation's 252 million adults aged 18 or older, 19 million say their sexual orientation is gay, lesbian, or bisexual. Here's the breakdown...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Straight: 218 million </div><div style="text-align: left;">Gay or lesbian: 8.4 million </div><div style="text-align: left;">Bisexual: 10.9 million</div><div style="text-align: left;">Something else: 5.1 million </div><div style="text-align: left;">Don't know: 4.8 million</div><div style="text-align: left;">Did not report: 5.1 million</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Overall, 86 percent of American adults say their sexual orientation is straight. Fourteen percent of adults identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual, "something else," "don't know," or they did not answer the question. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Source: Census Bureau, <a href="https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2022/demo/hhp/hhp44.html">Week 44 Household Pulse Survey, March 30–April 11</a> </div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-68481807530541336672022-04-20T09:33:00.000-04:002022-04-20T09:33:04.547-04:00Who Worries about Illegal Immigration?<p>A growing share of Americans is "not at all" worried about illegal immigration, according to a recent Gallup survey. In fact, the "not at all" worried contingent has never been larger, reaching 23 percent in 2022. This is more than double the share who felt this way in 2006, Gallup reports. </p><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Degree of worry about illegal immigration, 2022</u></div><div style="text-align: left;">41% a great deal</div><div style="text-align: left;">19% a fair amount</div><div style="text-align: left;">17% only a little</div><div style="text-align: left;">23% not at all </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But those who are "not at all" worried about illegal immigration are outnumbered by the 41 percent who worry "a great deal." And this contingent, too, is growing. At 41 percent in 2022, the greatly worried share has returned to levels not seen in more than a decade. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The public's attitude toward illegal immigration is becoming increasingly polarized. Behind the polarization is a growing partisan gap, according to Gallup's findings. Among Democrats, 44 percent are "not at all" worried about illegal immigration, up from 26 percent who felt that way just two years ago in 2020. Among Republicans, 68 percent worry "a great deal" about illegal immigration, up from 47 percent in 2020.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Source: Gallup, <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/391820/four-americans-highly-concerned-illegal-immigration.aspx">Four in 10 Americans Still Highly Concerned about Illegal Immigration</a></div>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21541568.post-75580936776101250442022-04-19T09:09:00.003-04:002022-04-19T09:09:42.847-04:00The Marriage Market at Age 35<p>Increasingly, a bachelor's degree is a prerequisite for marriage. The latest data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY) provides further evidence of this fact. The NLSY has been tracking a nationally representative sample of men and women born during the years 1980 through 1984. Respondents were aged 12 to 17 the first time they were interviewed in 1997. In the latest (19th!) survey, fielded in 2019–20, respondents were aged 34 to 40. </p><p>At age 25, there were few differences in marital status by educational attainment among the NLSY respondents, with just 27 percent of them married. By age 35, big differences by educational attainment had emerged. Overall, 53 percent of the NLSY respondents were married at age 35. But the married share ranged from a low of 37 percent among the high school dropouts to a high of 65 percent among those with a bachelor's degree or more education.</p><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Partner status at age 35 among people born 1980–84 by educational attainment</u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><style type="text/css">
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<tr><td><b>Total people</b></td><td> <b>53%</b></td><td> <b>17</b></td><td> <b>31</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Less than high school diploma</td><td> 37%</td><td> 25</td><td> 38</td></tr>
<tr><td>High school grad, no college</td><td> 43%</td><td> 23</td><td> 34</td></tr>
<tr><td>Some college/associate's degree</td><td> 50%</td><td> 16</td><td> 34</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bachelor's degree or more</td><td> 65%</td><td> 11</td><td> 24</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><p>What accounts for these differences in marital status by educational attainment? The Marriage Market. The better educated are more likely to be married because their earnings are higher and their jobs more secure, making them more attractive marriage partners.</p><p>Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/nlsyth_03292022.htm">Labor Market Experience, Education, Partner Status, and Health for Those Born 1980–1984</a></p>Cheryl Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10403846137172126848noreply@blogger.com0