Lower-income parents most concerned about their children falling behind amid COVID-19 school closures
64% of parents with children in elementary, middle or high school express at least some concern about their children falling behind.
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64% of parents with children in elementary, middle or high school express at least some concern about their children falling behind.
There is a growing need for high-skill workers in the U.S., and this has helped to narrow gender disparities in the labor market.
U.S. military veterans and their families have consistently had higher standards of living than non-veterans over the past 40 years.
The 30-year low reflects in part tight labor markets and falling unemployment, but also higher shares of young women at work or in school.
About one-third of adults under age 30 have student loan debt. In 2016, the amount students owed varied widely, especially by degree attained.
Distress levels changed little overall from March to April, but this concealed considerable change at the individual level over this period.
Nearly one-in-five U.S. adults say they have had a physical reaction at least some or a little of the time when thinking about the outbreak.
Veterans of prime working age generally fare at least as well as non-veterans in the U.S. job market, though there are differences in the work they do.
When Americans peer 30 years into the future, they see a country in decline economically, politically and on the world stage.
Roughly half of Americans say it’s better for a woman who wants to reach high political office to have children before entering politics. Views are different when it comes to leadership positions in the business world.
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