… Health Care in America: The Experience of People with Serious Illness, a project of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the New York Times, and the Commonwealth Fund, is examining the experiences of Americans with serious illness — the sickest of the sick — and those who […] Read more »
Less than 1% of rapes lead to felony convictions. At least 89% of victims face emotional and physical consequences.
The consequences of sexual assault fall overwhelmingly on the victims. About 0.7 percent of rapes and attempted rapes end with a felony conviction for the perpetrator, according to an estimate based on the best of the imperfect measures available. On the other side of the incident, at least 89 percent […] Read more »
PDK Poll: Arming teachers trails other school security measures preferred by parents
Security concerns run high after a year marked by horrific school shootings, with just 27% of K-12 parents in the 50th annual PDK Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools expressing strong confidence that their school could deter an attack like those that have wrenched communities across the […] Read more »
Texas Residents’ Views on State and National Health Policy Priorities
Texas, the nation’s second most-populous state, has a diverse population in terms of race, ethnicity, immigration status, income, and geography. One of 17 states that did not expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, Texas also has the largest number of uninsured residents among U.S. states. In a new survey, […] Read more »
Trimesters Still Key to Abortion Views
Americans’ support for the legality of abortion varies sharply when they are asked to evaluate it on a trimester basis, which is consistent with the pattern Gallup has found for more than 20 years. CONT. Lydia Saad, Gallup Read more »
Poor Well-Being Associated With Shift to Trump in 2016
U.S. counties in 2016 that took the biggest jump in voting Republican for president between 2012 and 2016 had residents who reported below-average satisfaction with their current lives and below-average optimism for the future. Accordingly, counties that shifted most strongly to the Democratic candidate reported above-average life satisfaction and higher […] Read more »