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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.

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

Religious institutions are starting to formally address the participation of transgender people in their congregations, much as they have with the issue of accepting homosexuals.

In wealthier nations, women are more likely than men to consider climate change a serious problem, be concerned it will harm them personally and say that major lifestyle changes are needed to solve the problem.

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.

Two-thirds of Americans say people will have to make major changes in the way they live to reduce the effects of climate change, but data on how much people have actually adopted several recommended lifestyle changes paints a very mixed picture.

The roughly 47% of the population today who were born under the one-child policy lived through a very different China than those born before.

A larger share of young women live at home with their parents or other relatives than at any point since 1940, as more attend college and marry later in life.

72% of Americans believe in heaven, while 58% believe in hell.

Working moms and dads don’t necessarily see eye to eye when it comes to how certain tasks are divided at home.