Life Ratings Climb to 16-Month High

The percentage of Americans who evaluate their lives well enough to be considered “thriving” rose to 54.0% in February, now nearly recouping the entirety of the losses since October 2019. Amid the sharply worsening pandemic, the thriving percentage had slipped to 48.2% in December, its lowest point since late April. […] Read more »

NPR/Ipsos Poll: Nearly One-Third Of Parents May Stick With Remote Learning

One year after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered classrooms around the country and the world, U.S. parents are guardedly optimistic about the academic and social development of their children, an NPR/Ipsos poll finds. But 62% of parents say their child’s education has been disrupted. And more than 4 out of 5 […] Read more »

Americans, particularly the vaccinated, are hopeful about the end of the pandemic

As over 50 million Americans have received at least a single dose of the coronavirus vaccine – equivalent to about 23% of the 18+ population – the Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index finds increasing signs of optimism among the American people. However, with that hope comes a slight decline in protective behaviors […] Read more »

More Americans now say academic concerns should be a top factor in deciding to reopen K-12 schools

Amid new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on how to safely reopen K-12 schools for in-person instruction, Americans are increasingly concerned about the effect of virtual learning on academic progress. Compared with last summer, a higher share of U.S. adults now say the possibility that […] Read more »

The Implications of COVID-19 for Mental Health and Substance Use

The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic recession have negatively affected many people’s mental health and created new barriers for people already suffering from mental illness and substance use disorders. During the pandemic, about 4 in 10 adults in the U.S. have reported symptoms of anxiety or depressive disorder, a […] Read more »

100% Hart: A Summary of 2020 Polling

100% of family caregivers for an aging or disabled family member are worried about their family’s health due to COVID-19. 99% of voters said they’d seen, heard, or read about the spread of the coronavirus in March, when there were more than 3,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States. […] Read more »