Michael Rotolo contributed to this chapter. The COVID-19 pandemic had an enormous impact on how religious communities gather for worship. In a Pew Research Center survey in July 2020, a few months after the coronavirus struck the United States, just 6% of Americans who regularly attend religious services said their house of worship was open to the public and holding services in the same way as before the COVID-19 outbreak. The vast majority reported either that their house of worship was not open for in-person services (31%) or that it was open but with changes to limit the spread of…
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Colleen McClain, Olivia Sidoti and Monica Anderson contributed to this chapter. For many Americans, life in the early days of COVID-19 was lived on screens. Schools pivoted to virtual learning and businesses shuttered or moved online as in-person contact risked spreading the virus. Not everyone could – or wanted to – avoid in-person interaction. And some did not have the resources or skills to navigate this technological shift. But for others, relying more on technology was the “new normal.” Some of these changes are still with us: 48% of Americans say the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way they now use…
This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at pewresearch.org/topic/coronavirus-disease-covid-19/. Research Claudia Deane, Executive Vice PresidentMichael Lipka, Associate Director, News and Information ResearchAlec Tyson, Associate Director, Science and Society ResearchColleen McClain, Senior ResearcherElisa Shearer, Senior Researcher Eileen Yam, Director, Science and Society Research Giancarlo Pasquini, Research AssociateEmma Kikuchi, Research Assistant Isabelle Pula, Research AssistantBrian Kennedy, Senior ResearcherKim Parker, Director, Social Trends Research Richard Fry, Senior ResearcherDana Braga, Research Analyst Luona Lin, Research Associate Michael Rotolo, Research Associate Gregory A. Smith, Senior Associate Director, Religion Research Alan Cooperman, Director, Religion Research Justin Nortey, Research Analyst Monica Anderson, Director,…
The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 158 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from Oct. 21 to Oct. 27, 2024. A total of 9,593 panelists responded out of 10,612 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…
Most Americans say the pandemic drove the country apart Clockwise from top left: A second-grader does remote schoolwork at the Reading, Pennsylvania, Boys and Girls Club in January 2021. Protesting against COVID-19 vaccine mandates in Buffalo, New York, in February 2022. An Easter Mass in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 2021. White flags honoring lives lost to COVID-19 on Washington’s National Mall in October 2021. (Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle, Dustin Franz/AFP, Saul Loeb/AFP, Liu Jie/Xinhua, all via Getty Images) How we did this Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand how Americans were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.…
While ‘machismo’ has multiple meanings to Hispanics, most view it negatively Pew Research Center conducted this study to explore Hispanic Americans’ views of and experiences with the concept of machismo. The analysis in this report is based on Pew Research Center’s National Survey of Latinos, a survey of 5,078 Hispanic adults, conducted Nov. 6 to 19, 2023. This includes 1,524 respondents from the Center’s American Trends Panel and an additional 3,554 from Ipsos’ KnowledgePanel. Respondents on both panels are recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. Recruiting panelists by mail ensures that nearly all U.S. adults have a chance…
Most Hispanic adults in the U.S. have heard of the term machismo, but the concept can mean many things. This chapter explores the different ways that Hispanic adults describe machismo. Awareness of the term ‘machismo’ Roughly eight-in-ten Hispanic adults (83%) say they have heard of the term machismo, while 16% say they have not heard of it before. Majorities of Latinos across most demographic subgroups are familiar with the term. Similar shares of men and women say they have heard of it (81% and 85%). However, awareness differs somewhat by other factors: Language: Awareness of machismo is higher among Latinos…
YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat remain widely used among U.S. teens; some say they’re on these sites almost constantly Two teenage boys use their smartphones in Vail, Colorado. (Robert Alexander/Getty Images) Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand teens’ use of digital devices, social media and other online platforms. The Center conducted an online survey of 1,391 U.S. teens from Sept. 18 to Oct. 10, 2024, through Ipsos. Ipsos recruited the teens via their parents, who were part of its KnowledgePanel. The KnowledgePanel is a probability-based web panel recruited primarily through national, random sampling of residential addresses. The…
Summary SSRS conducted the National Public Opinion Reference Survey (NPORS) for Pew Research Center using address-based sampling and a multimode protocol. The survey was fielded from Feb. 1, 2024, to June 10, 2024. Participants were first mailed an invitation to complete an online survey. A paper survey was later mailed to those who did not respond. Additionally, the mailings invited participants to call a toll-free number to take the survey over the phone with a live interviewer. In total, 2,535 respondents completed the survey online, 2,764 respondents completed the paper survey, and 327 respondents completed the survey over the phone…
Majority of Trump backers say more immigrants would make life worse for people like them; most Harris backers say life wouldn’t change Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ views on immigration and immigration policy prior to the 2024 presidential election.For this analysis, we surveyed 9,201 adults – including 7,569 registered voters – from Aug. 5 to 11, 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…