As the list of major U.S. retailers hit by credit card hackers continues to grow this year, Americans are more likely to worry about having credit card information they used in stores stolen by computer hackers than any other crime they are asked about. Sixty-nine percent of Americans report they […] Read more »
Americans Say Equal Pay Top Issue for Working Women
Nearly four in 10 Americans say equal pay is the top issue facing working women in the United States today, a sentiment shared by roughly the same proportions of men, women, and working women. About twice as many Americans mention equal pay as cite the second-ranked issue — equal opportunity […] Read more »
Teaching the Children: Sharp Ideological Differences, Some Common Ground
As the public grows more politically polarized, differences between conservatives and liberals extend their long reach even to opinions about which qualities are important to teach children, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center. People who express consistently conservative political attitudes across a range of issues are more […] Read more »
The Majority of Urban Parents in the U.S. Say They Struggle to Meet Household Expenses
Here’s news that won’t surprise any parents: Raising children is really expensive. According to recent Department of Agriculture projections, middle income U.S. parents who had a child in 2013 should expect to spend about $245,340 before she hits 18. And parents raising children under the age of 18 in U.S. […] Read more »
Slim Majority Call Secondhand Smoke Very Harmful
Less than half of U.S. smokers with children younger than 18, 44%, believe exposure to secondhand smoke is “very harmful” to adults. That contrasts with two-thirds of parents who don’t smoke, and 61% of adult nonsmokers without children younger than 18. Meanwhile, relatively few smokers who don’t have minor-aged children, […] Read more »
Fear for Child’s Safety Nearly Back to Pre-Sandy Hook Levels
The percentage of U.S. parents who say they fear for their oldest child’s safety at school has fallen to 27% after being elevated for more than a year following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Parents’ concern jumped eight percentage points from 25% in August 2012 […] Read more »