Rising Share of U.S. Adults Are Living Without a Spouse or Partner
On key economic outcomes, single adults at prime working age increasingly lag behind those who are married or cohabiting
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On key economic outcomes, single adults at prime working age increasingly lag behind those who are married or cohabiting
The biggest takeaway may be the extent to which the decidedly nonpartisan virus met with an increasingly partisan response.
The shares of mothers and fathers who are working have fallen from 2019 to 2020, but the falloff has been comparable for each group.
Fewer than a third (30.8%) of U.S. teens had a paying job last summer. In 2019, 35.8% of teens worked over the summer.
The number of American homeowners increased by an estimated 2.1 million over the past year, according to the Census Bureau.
52% of US adults say it is very or somewhat important that companies and organizations make public statements about political or social issues.
The share of unpartnered mothers who are employed and at work has fallen more precipitously than among other parents.
The experiences of several groups of workers in the COVID-19 outbreak vary notably from how they experienced the Great Recession.
In the third quarter of 2020, about 28.6 million Baby Boomers reported that they were out of the labor force due to retirement.
A majority of U.S. households have some level of investment in the stock market, mostly in the form of retirement accounts such as 401(k)s.
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