Survey report November 18, 2020
Hopes and Challenges For Community and Civic Life: Perspectives From the Nation and Indiana
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The coronavirus outbreak created tensions between urban Americans hit hard by the virus and small towns and rural communities. Despite these disparities, surveys find that, before COVID-19, Americans expressed many of the same ideas and priorities regarding their communities, revealing we may not be as divided as one might think. Continue Reading →
Commentary June 16, 2020
Many White Americans Are Ready to Reopen the Economy. Black Americans Aren’t.
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Not all Americans are anxious for businesses to reopen. In fact, there is a fairly stark divide among white, black and Hispanic Americans on the subject. Continue Reading →
Survey report September 26, 2019
A loneliness epidemic? How marriage, religion, and mobility explain the generation gap in loneliness
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Conventional wisdom holds that loneliness is a serious problem in America today. Yet data from the Survey on Community and Society (SCS) suggest that such characterizations of loneliness are overblown and possibly wrong. Continue Reading →