Publications

College enrollment among young Americans has been declining over the past decade, and it's mostly due to fewer young men pursuing degrees.

Roughly one-in-five Americans ages 65 and older were employed in 2023 – nearly double the share of those who were working 35 years ago.

55% of U.S. workers say their manager or supervisor is excellent or very good to work for.

Today, there are more than 18 million living veterans in the United States, representing about 6% of the country’s adult population.

Women now make up 35% of workers in the United States’ 10 highest-paying occupations – up from 13% in 1980.

Among employed U.S. adults who are ages 25 to 64 and married, husbands spend about 28 hours per week on leisure. Wives spend about 26 hours on it.

One-in-five adults say they took on leadership roles when growing up in their school or community extremely often or often, while 35% say they did so sometimes.

61% of U.S. adults say having close friends is extremely or very important for people to live a fulfilling life.

55% of Americans say there are too few women in top executive business positions. This is down somewhat from 59% who said this in 2018.

For the most part, Americans don’t think a woman president would do better or worse than a man when it comes to key leadership traits or the handling of various policy areas. At the same time, the public sees differences in the way men and women running for higher office are treated by the media.