From virtual parties to ordering food, how Americans are using the internet during COVID-19
Some Americans – particularly those who are younger or college educated – are finding virtual ways to connect, shop and be active.
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Some Americans – particularly those who are younger or college educated – are finding virtual ways to connect, shop and be active.
Americans with lower incomes are particularly likely to have concerns related to the digital divide and the digital “homework gap.”
24% of U.S. adults overall say their faith has become stronger because of the coronavirus pandemic; just 2% say their faith has become weaker.
For some governments, the debt incurred on COVID-19 relief will add to the considerable red ink already on their ledgers before the pandemic.
61% give equal attention to national and local coronavirus news.
Only 10 states are preventing in-person religious gatherings in any form, according to our analysis of recent state-level regulations.
Despite some broad federal guidelines, claimants still face a hodgepodge of different state rules governing how they can qualify for benefits.
Who should be given priority if some hospitals do not have enough ventilators for all patients who need help breathing?
More than four-in-ten U.S. businesses with paid employees are in industries likely to be financially affected more deeply by the outbreak.
More than two-thirds of adults ages 65 or older said they were following news of the pandemic very closely.
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