Publications

Jobs remain the public's primary economic concern, and given the pessimism about job availability, it’s not hard to see why.

Majorities or pluralities of Americans think the country is losing ground on nine of 12 major issues.

Throughout human history, poets, balladeers and songwriters have celebrated the idea that there's just one true love for every living soul. Only 28% of today's Americans agree.

More than nine-in-ten married people say that love is a very important reason to marry while only about three-in-ten cite financial stability as an important factor. The data suggest otherwise.

A plurality of Americans (43%) disapprove of gay and lesbian couples raising children, but that number has declined from 50% in 2007.

Among Americans who have ever lived with an unmarried partner, nearly two-thirds say they thought about it as a step toward marriage.

Three-quarters of adults say they are very satisfied with their family life; 19% are somewhat satisfied.

Despite large changes in family structure and formation rates, the public maintains a strongly positive view about marriage and the family.

Seven-in-ten say the trend toward more single women having children is bad for society, and 61% say that a child needs both a mother and father to grow up happily.

Nearly four-in-ten survey respondents say that marriage has become obsolete as an institution in American life.