Americans trust each other less than they did a few decades ago. We explore why this is, and why some are more trusting than ...

About half of Americans (48%) say they have emergency or rainy day funds that would cover their expenses for three months.

Americans have expressed skepticism that attention to racial issues after Floyd's killing led to changes that improved Black ...

Belief in an afterlife, God and spirits in nature is widespread globally. Older adults are more likely than younger adults to ...

The Briefing is compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including Naomi Forman-Katz, Jacob Liedke, Christopher St. Aubin, ...

About half of U.S. adults say healthiness of food is important when deciding what to eat. But taste and cost matter more.

The shares of Americans who say they know and trust their neighbors have both decreased slightly in recent years. In 2018, 31 ...

Large majorities around the world say they believe in God. Read about beliefs in spiritual presence “beyond the natural world ...

By some measures, the world’s most religious countries are mostly in the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan ...

Some activities, such as prayer, are widespread. Others, such as fasting and lighting incense or candles, vary more by ...

In 2023, 18% of adults ages 25 to 34 were living in a parent’s home. Young men were more likely than young women to do so (20 ...

In nearly every place surveyed, half or more say life after death is likely. Fewer believe in reincarnation or that ancestral ...