Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The outbreak has dramatically changed Americans’ lives and relationships over the past year. We asked people to tell us about their experiences – good and bad – in living through this moment in history.

More Americans now say the possibility that students will fall behind academically without in-person instruction should be given a lot of consideration.

Americans inhabited different information environments, with wide gaps in how they viewed the election and COVID-19.

A plurality of experts think sweeping societal change will make life worse for most people. Still, a portion believe things will be better in a ‘tele-everything’ world.

About half of U.S. adults who are currently unemployed and are looking for a job are pessimistic about their prospects for future employment.

Recent pandemic migrants are more likely than those who moved earlier in the outbreak to have relocated due to financial stress.

The novel coronavirus continues to pose weighty challenges for people around the world.

There are wide partisan gaps over most of the 19 items asked about – particularly addressing racial issues and dealing with global climate change.

A Pew Research Center survey conducted in the summer of 2020 reveals that more Americans than people in other economically developed countries say the coronavirus outbreak has bolstered their religious faith and the faith of their compatriots.

52% of employed parents with children younger than 12 say it has been difficult to handle child care responsibilities during the pandemic.