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In 2014, just 14% of children younger than 18 lived with a stay-at-home mother and a working father who were in their first marriage. In 1960, half of children were living in this arrangement.

From trust in government to views of climate change, here are some of Pew Research Center's most memorable findings of the year.

A new Pew Research Center report looks at the challenges parents face in raising their children and how parenting approaches differ across demographic groups.

There are deep divisions among U.S. parents today rooted in economic well-being. Parents’ outlooks, worries and aspirations for their children are strongly linked to financial circumstances.

The share of multiples born in the U.S. is at an all-time high. In 2014, 3.5% of all babies born were twins, triplets or higher-order multiples, new data show.

The middle class has long been the country’s economic majority, but our new analysis finds that’s no longer true.

After more than four decades of serving as the nation's economic majority, the U.S. middle class is now matched in size by those in the economic tiers above and below it.

College-educated women have an almost eight-in-ten chance of still being married after two decades.

China’s rapid economic development, its urbanization and its culture will continue to play a role in family size and the population’s gender makeup.

Most American adults say a family member is caring for their aging parent who needs help handling their affairs or caring for themselves. And if they’re not already helping out a parent, most expect to do so someday.