On an average day, 70 percent of children and 61 percent of adults eat sweets, according to the USDA's Food Surveys Research Group. Noti...

The 56 percent majority of all American voters now feel "hopeful" about the state of the United States, according to a Pew Researc...

The 55 percent majority of Americans support the death penalty for a person convicted of murder, according to a recent Gallup Survey. This i...

Have you cancelled your traditional Thanksgiving travel plans because of coronavirus? If so, you belong to the supermajority of Americans wh...

American households owed a median of $64,800 in 2019, according to the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances. This means half of...

Almost all American households own something of value. Fully 99.6 percent of households owned one or more of the assets measured by the Fede...

Over the years, happiness studies have revealed a "paradox of well-being"—the finding that life satisfaction increases with advanc...

If you ask the American public about crime in the United States, you almost always get the same answer. Crime is increasing. The trouble is,...

More than two-thirds of the American public (68 percent) supports the legalization of marijuana, the highest percentage recorded by Gallup s...

A century ago, 38 cents out of every dollar spent by the average American household was spent on food. Today, the figure is just 11 cents. W...

Does it pay to be financially literate? Yes, according to the findings of a longitudinal study by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation. T...

Now that the election is over, let's hope the nation's attention returns to the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Am...

The average American household spent $681 on pets in 2019, including pet food, veterinary services, medicines, toys, grooming, doggy daycare...

If you're in the top tiers of the household wealth distribution, chances are it's because your parents (and their parents) were gene...

Four years ago, the 57 percent majority of Americans agreed with the statement: "God has granted America a special role in human histor...

The nation's electorate is changing in every way. It is getting older, becoming more diverse, and is increasingly educated. Pew Research...

Undergraduate enrollment at institutions of higher education was 4 percent lower as of September 24, 2020, than one year earlier, according ...

If young adults do what they say, the 2020 election may be one for the history books. Fully 55 percent of 18-to-36-year-olds say they will ...

Homeownership rate of householders aged 30 to 34, third quarter 2020: 50.1% For the first time since 2011, the homeownership rate of househo...

Working parents are having a tough time coping with the coronavirus pandemic. Just how tough is spelled out in a Pew Research Center analysi...