Black Americans share emotional and financial support with relatives and non-relatives they consider family.

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A majority of adults still identify with their childhood religion, but 35% don’t. Read about when and why Americans may switch faiths or stay.

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26% of U.S. adults ages 65 and older lived alone in 2023, the most recent year with available data. That’s down from 29% in 1990.

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67% of 12th graders say they’ll likely choose to get married someday, down from 80% in 1993. The decline reflects shifting views among girls.

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In the United States, 12% of married couples with at least one spouse in their 30s or 40s have two incomes and no kids.

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About four-in-ten parents say they could be doing better at managing their kid’s screen time. A larger share – 58% – say they’re doing the best they can.

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Over half of Americans (53%) now say fewer people choosing to have children in the future would negatively impact the United States.

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Africa is the only world region where the fertility rate is currently higher than the global replacement-level fertility.

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59% of LGBTQ U.S. adults under 50 who have never married say they want to get married someday, and 63% of non-LGBTQ adults in this age range say the same.

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After peaking in 2004, the annual number of international adoptions to the United States has fallen by 94% as of 2023.

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These declines in the number of children adults plan to have occurred almost entirely in the last decade.

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The number of households headed by same-sex couples in the U.S. has risen steadily, but they represent a small share of all married couples.

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