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Monday, August 31, 2020

Regional Disparity in Mask Use Shrinks

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More Americans are wearing masks "all or most of the time" when in stores or other businesses, according to a Pew Research Center ...
Thursday, August 27, 2020

Summer Protests Are Changing (Some) Minds

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The summer of protests has moved the needle, but not for everyone. The percentage of Americans who say recent police killings of Black men a...
Wednesday, August 26, 2020

High School Seniors Are Taking Fewer Risks—Sort of

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In many ways, high school seniors are better behaved than they used to be. The results of the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (...
Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Small Business Pulse Survey, Phase 2

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It's baaack. Last week the Census Bureau released the first findings from phase 2 of the Small Business Pulse Survey, collected August 9...
Monday, August 24, 2020

Working Mothers: Unsung Heroes

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Back in the good old pre-Covid days of 2019, most preschoolers went to day care. The 59 percent majority of children aged 0 to 5 and not yet...
Thursday, August 20, 2020

Only 5% Are Heavy Drinkers?

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People lie about how much alcohol they drink, or maybe they just don't remember. This is a well known fact and occurs not just in the Un...
Wednesday, August 19, 2020

36% of Kids Eat Fast Food on an Average Day

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Fast food is a big part of the daily diet of American children. On an average day in 2015–18, more than one-third of children aged 2 to 19 (...
Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Creative Economy Sheds Jobs

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Read it and weep: a Brookings analysis of the effects of Covid-19 on the nation's creative economy is not for the faint of heart. The as...
Monday, August 17, 2020

"Elevated Levels of Adverse Mental Health Conditions"

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The evidence of mental health trauma is piling up. A survey by the CDC found "elevated levels" of mental anguish due to the stress...
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Thursday, August 13, 2020

Hispanic, Latino, or Latinx?

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What do Americans whose ancestry is rooted in Latin America and Spain prefer to call themselves? This might be a good time to find out since...
Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Why Parents Are Tearing Their Hair Out

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Modern American parents do not devote all that much time to child care. Instead, they depend on day care providers, schools, and extracurric...
Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Praying Away the Coronavirus

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Most Americans say they are using prayer as a way to cope with the coronavirus pandemic. The 55 percent majority of the public reports prayi...
Monday, August 10, 2020

Most Are Not Comfortable Flying

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The majority of Americans currently do not feel comfortable flying, according to a Gallup survey. Gallup asked people aged 18 or older who h...
Thursday, August 06, 2020

One-Third of Renters Unsure about Ability to Pay Rent

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One-third of the nation's renters told the Census Bureau that they had no or only slight confidence in their ability to pay next month...
Wednesday, August 05, 2020

What Parents Want

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Only 36 percent of parents want full-time in-person schooling to resume in the upcoming school year, according to a Gallup survey. As school...
Tuesday, August 04, 2020

Why Nursing Homes Are Covid Hot Spots

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Nursing homes account for a disproportionate share of Covid-19 cases and deaths. Covid outbreaks continue to plague nursing homes despite vi...
Monday, August 03, 2020

Teleworking During the Coronavirus Pandemic

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Nearly one-third of the nation's employed workers told the Bureau of Labor Statistics in June that they had teleworked or worked at home...
Thursday, July 30, 2020

When Should Children Have Their Own Smartphone?

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Today's parents are concerned about their children's screen time. Fully 71 percent of parents with children under age 12 are worried...
Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Covid Stress Is Making Us Sick

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The coronavirus is having a negative impact on the mental health of Americans, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Pol...
Tuesday, July 28, 2020

First-Time Homebuyer Watch: 2nd Quarter 2020

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Homeownership rate of householders aged 35 to 39, second quarter 2020: 61.7% * The coronavirus is wreaking havoc on the nation's da...
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Cheryl Russell
Demographer Cheryl Russell was the editorial director of New Strategist Press and the editor-in-chief of American Demographics magazine. She has written numerous books about demographic trends. Ms. Russell is a professional demographer with a degree from Cornell University.
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