Women in recent decades have made significant progress in higher education and in the workplace. But they continue to lag behind men when it comes to wages and to representation in top leadership roles. At the same time, certain groups of men have struggled in the labor force and seen little or no growth in their wages. We asked Americans how they think men and women are doing today compared with 20 years ago across a range of areas – from education and work to their relationships and physical health. Overall, the public is more likely to see progress for…
Author: Reem Nadeem
We asked Americans a series of questions about changing gender roles for men and women. First, we asked if society is too accepting or not accepting enough of men and women who take on roles typically associated with the other gender. On balance, the public thinks society is not accepting enough of men and women who do this. Overall, 43% of adults say society is not accepting enough of men who take on roles typically associated with women, 19% say society is too accepting of these men and 37% say acceptance is about right. When we asked about women who…
Most Americans, including majorities of men, women, Republicans and Democrats, say men and women are different in many ways. But there are gaps by gender and partisanship when it comes to views of whether biology or societal expectations are driving these differences. About two-thirds of U.S. adults or more say men and women are basically different in: How they express their feelings Their physical abilities Their approach to parenting Their hobbies and personal interests A majority (57%) say men and women are basically similar when it comes to the things they are good at in the workplace. Still, a sizable…
To understand how U.S. adults see their own masculinity and femininity, we asked men and women to rate themselves on two scales: A masculinity scale from 0 to 4, where 0 means not at all masculine and 4 means extremely masculine. A femininity scale from 0 to 4, where 0 means not at all feminine and 4 means extremely feminine. We then subtracted ratings on the femininity scale from ratings on the masculinity scale to come up with an overall rating for each respondent. For example, if someone rated themselves a 4 on the masculinity scale and a 1 on…
66% of voters say the threat of violence against political leaders and their families is a major problem in the country Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ views of the 2024 presidential election campaign. For this analysis, we surveyed 5,110 adults – including 4,025 registered voters – from Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, 2024. Everyone who took part in this survey is a member of the Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP), a group of people recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses who have agreed to take surveys regularly. This kind of recruitment gives nearly all…
With just weeks until Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are in a dead heat among all registered voters: 48% say they would vote for Harris if the election were held today and 47% say they would support Trump. Another 5% of voters opt for a third-party candidate. A large majority of voters (82%) say they are certain they support Harris or Trump in the election. A much smaller share say they might change their mind about who to support – or only lean toward either of the two major party candidates when asked in…
Voters overall are divided in their predictions about how Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump would perform as president – with negative expectations outweighing positive ones for both candidates. And while majorities of voters see both Trump and Harris as bringing change to Washington – though more say this about Trump than Harris – they are also split over whether that change would have positive or negative effects. Would Trump and Harris be above or below average presidents? Voters are more likely to say each of the presidential candidates would be poor or terrible presidents than to…
With less than a month to go until Election Day, voters continue to express mostly negative opinions about the 2024 presidential campaign. Reflecting the closeness of the presidential race, the share of voters who think it is clear which candidate will win – which was already low in July – has edged lower. Harris and Trump supporters differ in their views of the importance of their candidate conceding if they lose, and they have sharply different expectations for how their candidate might handle a defeat. Following two assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump, there are widespread concerns about political…
The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 156 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, 2024. A total of 5,110 panelists responded out of 5,689 who were sampled, for a survey-level response rate of 90%. The cumulative response rate accounting for nonresponse to the recruitment surveys and attrition is 3%. The break-off rate among panelists who logged on to the survey and completed at least one item is 1%. The margin of sampling…
What if they win? Harris and Trump supporters differ over the acceptability of presidential actions by their own candidate (Allison Joyce/AFP via Getty Images; Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images) Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ views of the 2024 presidential election campaign. For this analysis, we surveyed 9,720 adults – including 8,044 registered voters – from Aug. 26 to Sept. 2, 2024. Everyone who took part in this survey is a member of the Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP), a group of people recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses who have agreed to take surveys regularly.…