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The analysis includes 2021 data and trends from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which examines health behaviors and experiences among US high school students. [Centers for Disease Control and [...]

The coronavirus pandemic has been associated with worsening mental health among people in the United States and around the world. Three years later, Americans have largely returned to normal [...]

The gender pay gap – the difference between the earnings of men and women – has barely closed in the United States in the past two decades. The slow pace at which the gender pay gap has narrowed [...]

Many policies designed to make life easier for families with children are supported by majorities of Americans across the political spectrum. [YouGov, 10 February 2023.] READ MORE

Majorities of teens credit social media with strengthening their friendships and providing support while also noting the emotionally charged side of these platforms. [Monica Anderson, Emily A. [...]

This December has also seen a debate over whether and how to expand the child tax credit, and that debate has brought more attention to another one: Why have US birth rates been dropping? [Ramesh [...]

The child poverty rate has been reduced by more than half in the last 25 years. [Dana Thomson, Renee Ryberg et al. – Child Trends, December 2022.] READ MORE

A similar share say they have struggled to pay for health care their family needed. [Dana Braga – Pew Research Center, 7 December 2022.] READ MORE

Scholars explore the efficacy of the existing American foster care system. [Alexandra Walsh, Mary Moynihan, and Elizabeth Yin – The Regulatory Review, 10 December 2022.] READ MORE

The historic decline in fertility will touch nearly every area of state budgets in the coming years. Some fiscal effects have already emerged, while others will be relatively minor or won’t be [...]