Support for legal abortion is widespread in many places, especially in Europe
Majorities in most of the 27 places around the world surveyed in 2023 and 2024 say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
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Majorities in most of the 27 places around the world surveyed in 2023 and 2024 say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
Fewer than 1 million foreign students enrolled for either online or in-person classes at U.S. universities in the 2020-21 school year.
The share of the public that supports authoritarian systems ranges from 85% in India to 8% in Sweden.
Nearly half of Americans (47%) say that the United States’ influence in the world has been getting weaker in recent years.
People around the world see both strengths and flaws in the U.S., but they generally view the U.S. positively, according to a new survey of 24 countries.
Only 70 of the 3,843 people who have ever served as federal judges as of Feb. 1, 2022, have been Black women.
A median of 70% of adults across 19 countries say children in their country will be worse off than their parents financially when they grow up.
The vast majority of U.S. adults have heard at least a little about cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ether.
The shares of American 9- and 13-year-olds who say they read for fun on an almost daily basis have dropped from nearly a decade ago.
People in advanced and emerging economies have mixed feelings about social media’s impact on political life.
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