Parenthood

Americans adopted around 5,370 children from other countries in fiscal year 2016. For the first time, males outnumbered females among adoptees from abroad.

Without a 6% increase in births to foreign-born women between 1990 and 2015, an overall decline in annual U.S. births would have been even larger.

Among gun-owning parents with children in their household, 54% say all guns in their home are kept in a locked place and 53% say they are all kept unloaded.

One-in-seven U.S. infants were multiracial or multiethnic in 2015, nearly triple the share in 1980.

At this year’s annual meeting of the Population Association of America, the nation’s largest demography conference, researchers explored some long-studied topics from new perspectives.

The most frequently cited reason for not taking family or medical leave when one needs or wants to is concern over loss of wages or salary.

Roughly two-thirds of U.S. adults say workers should receive paid leave when they need to take time off to care for a sick family member.

By comparison, just 3% say women shouldn’t be able to take any type of maternity leave.

Many Americans support paid family and medical leave, and most supporters say employers should cover the costs.

Most Americans say workers should receive paid leave, but the level of support varies across different situations. Experiences with leave vary by income and gender.