In The News September 4, 2024

The Friendship Paradox

Avery Shields

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In The News September 2, 2024

The truth about why we stopped having babies

Avery Shields

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In The News September 1, 2024

Dads providing more personal help to kids than in previous generations

Avery Shields

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In The News September 1, 2024

The Loneliness Epidemic Has a Cure

Avery Shields

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Commentary August 28, 2024

Kamala’s Gen Z problem

Daniel A. Cox

In the 48 hours after Kamala Harris announced her run for president on July 21, nearly 40,000 people registered to vote on vote.org — 83% of whom were under 35. The groundswell of support from young people, NPR correspondent Tamara Keith recently said, indicates “the kind of enthusiasm they haven’t experienced since Obama.” But can the Harris Continue Reading →

In The News August 27, 2024

Utah Republicans attend church at highest rate among political groups, according to new poll

Avery Shields

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In The News August 27, 2024

US gold-medal swimmer Hunter Armstrong says his faith grounds him: ‘I’m a Christian Olympian’

Avery Shields

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In The News August 26, 2024

Mormons Could Help Kamala Harris Win Arizona

Avery Shields

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In The News August 26, 2024

Why I changed my mind about volunteering

Avery Shields

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In The News August 25, 2024

A stark social divide: Adults without college degrees more likely to have no close friends, survey finds

Avery Shields

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Survey Reports

Daniel A. Cox, Sam Pressler
August 22, 2024

Disconnected: The Growing Class Divide in American Civic Life

Disconnected: Places and Spaces presents new survey findings that suggest Americans are less connected than ever before. Continue Reading →

Daniel A. Cox, Kyle Gray, Kelsey Eyre Hammond
May 28, 2024

An Unsettled Electorate: How Uncertainty and Apathy Are Shaping the 2024 Election

A survey of more than 6,500 US adults focused on the 2024 presidential election reveals a pessimistic and unsettled American electorate fractured by education, ideology, class, and gender. Continue Reading →

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Daniel A. Cox, Kelsey Eyre Hammond, Kyle Gray
November 9, 2023

Generation Z and the Transformation of American Adolescence: How Gen Z’s Formative Experiences Shape Its Politics, Priorities, and Future

This report explores the foundational differences between American generations through their formative adolescent experiences. Continue Reading →

Young man sitting in a dark room before a wall featuring various conspiracy theory-related items illuminated by a computer screen

Daniel A. Cox, M. Anthony Mills, Ian R. Banks, Kelsey Eyre Hammond, Kyle Gray
September 28, 2023

America’s Crisis of Confidence: Rising Mistrust, Conspiracies, and Vaccine Hesitancy After COVID-19

America is experiencing a crosscutting crisis of expertise and scientific distrust accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic that poses significant challenges to democratic debate and public decision-making Continue Reading →

In the news

September 4, 2024

The Friendship Paradox

September 2, 2024

The truth about why we stopped having babies

September 1, 2024

Dads providing more personal help to kids than in previous generations

September 1, 2024

The Loneliness Epidemic Has a Cure