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Alone time for older Americans amounts to about seven hours a day. Time spent alone rises to over 10 hours a day among those living on their own.

Most black and Asian adults say race or race relations come up in their conversations with family and friends at least sometimes.

Couples who meet online are more likely than those who meet offline to be diverse by some measures – but this can be explained by age.

This year will likely be the first year in which women are a majority of the U.S. college-educated labor force.

Only 19% of those who identify as bisexual say all or most of the important people in their lives are aware of their sexual orientation.

Those 60 and older now spend more than half of their daily leisure time, four hours and 16 minutes, in front of screens.

Black adults are particularly likely to say slavery continues to have an impact: More than eight-in-ten say this is the case.

The changing role of fathers has introduced new challenges as dads juggle the competing demands of family and work.

Trials are rare in the federal criminal justice system: Just 2% of criminal defendants went to trial in fiscal 2018. Acquittals are even rarer.

About three-in-four Americans believe that abortion will be legal in 2050. Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say this.