The news that Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest reigning monarch, passed away at her Balmoral Estate in the Scottish Highlands at the age of 96 made an impact on older Americans. 18% say they’ve shed tears over her passing, 22%…
Author: Anne Whitaker, Editor
Written by: Kalee Burns, Liana Fox and Danielle Wilson Child poverty, calculated by the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), fell to its lowest recorded level in 2021, declining 46% from 9.7% in 2020 to 5.2% in 2021, according to U.S. Census…
Full-Time, Year-Round Workers More Likely to be Uninsured in 2021
Written by: Katherine Keisler-Starkey, Laryssa Mykyta and Lisa Bunch The uninsured rate of full-time, year-round workers rose 0.6 percentage points in 2021 as more worked in occupations such as food service and construction that are less likely to provide private…
Pandemic Disrupted Labor Markets but Had Modest Impact on Retirement Timing
The COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption of labor markets was massive, but it had only a modest impact on peoples’ retirement timing, according to recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2021 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). The SIPP collected…
Home is Where the Heart Is
“Who says you can’t go home/who says you can’t go back/I been all around the world and as a matter of fact/there’s only one place left I want to go/who says you can’t go home…” sang Bon Jovi in the…
Many Voters Won’t Vote for Incumbents
Only a slim majority of registered voters in the United States think their representative in Congress deserves re-election (53%). This is similar to pre-election polls in recent midterm years, 54% in 2006, and 50% in 2018 thought their elected officials…
As Streaming Ventures into Live Sports, Many Cut the Cord
One of the last reasons many still use a pay-tv subscription may be coming to an end. Live sports is a popular reason for keeping the traditional TV viewing packages (Comcast, Verizon, DirecTV, etc) but now streaming services are venturing…
For Many Americans, Trust in Businesses Must Be Earned
American adults don’t automatically place their trust in businesses. In fact, they’re almost equally as likely not to trust a business as a default as a tend to trust them. This according to Morning Consult’s Most Trusted Brands 2022 report.…
Confidence in U.S. Institutions Down; Average at New Low
Americans are less confident in major U.S. institutions than they were a year ago, with significant declines for 11 of the 16 institutions tested and no improvements for any. The largest declines in confidence are 11 percentage points for the…
Americans Views of Flags are Complicated
With Independence Day fast approaching, the red, white and blue stripes and stars are sure to be out and about. But Americans views of the flag snd patriotism are more complicated than ever. 60% of Americans report having a “very…