Short Reads

Evangelical Protestant adults under 40 are more likely than older evangelicals to say climate change is an extremely or very serious problem.

People in advanced and emerging economies have mixed feelings about social media’s impact on political life.

China has had the world's largest population since at least 1950 but is now projected to experience an absolute decline as early as 2023.

The share of young employees who have been with their employer three years or more has remained relatively steady over time.

An estimated 940,000 immigrants became U.S. citizens during the 2022 fiscal year. That annual total would be the third-highest on record.

There has been a jump in the share of U.S. adults who see the Supreme Court as “friendly” toward religion.

65% of Americans overall see clinical trials as very important, despite the time such trials add to the process of developing new treatments.

Our study analyzes 198 countries and territories and is based on policies and events in 2020, the most recent year for which data is available.

Overall, 30% of U.S. adults say descendants of people enslaved in the U.S. should be repaid in some way. 68% say they should not be repaid.

With more states authorizing the use of marijuana, the public continues to favor legalizing it for medical and recreational purposes.