Families
October 3, 2008The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index reveals a complex relationship between income and parent’s perceptions of their children’s eating and exercise habits, and Gallup examines the challenges parents face getting their children to be healthy.
September 3, 2008Data-driven insights into coverage of John McCain’s vice presidential pick, Japan’s leadership shuffle, mothers working outside the home, and emergency rule in Thailand.
At age 24, 30% are married while 20% are living together with someone
August 11, 2008Cohabitation is more common than marriage among 18- to 20-year-olds in the United States, but the two lifestyles are about even among 21- to 23-year-olds, and by age 24, marriage wins out. Americans have mixed views about the effects of living together on divorce and children.
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May 2, 2008As allegations of corruption halt adoptions of Vietnamese children by American families, Gallup reports that the majority of Vietnamese (58%) think corruption is widespread within businesses in their country.
Husbands and wives view the household division of labor differently
April 4, 2008Married couples in America today maintain a strong and traditional division of labor, with 68% of married adults saying the wife does the laundry, and 57% saying the husband does the yard work. There has been little change in these patterns over the past 11 years.
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Six in 10 would tell unfaithful political spouse to face media alone
March 25, 2008Roughly 6 in 10 Americans say they would not forgive their spouse for an extramarital affair (64%), would seek a divorce if one occurred (62%), and would not stand by their spouse if he or she were an elected official who had to face the media to address questions of infidelity (61%).
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Rising costs and concerns about jobs among reasons for financial stress
February 22, 2008A
USA Today/Gallup poll shows that half of all Americans are worried they will not be able to maintain their standard of living -- a higher percentage than during the 1991-1992 recession.
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GOP fares better among married Americans
February 14, 2008Americans’ party affiliation varies by their marital status. Unmarried Americans are more likely to identify as Democrats than as independents or in particular Republicans, while married Americans tilt toward the GOP. Within the group of U.S. Republicans, the married vastly outnumber the unmarried.
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December 26, 2007A majority of Americans say that a candidate's stance on the issue of family values is important to their vote choice in 2008.
More Americans own dogs than cats
November 30, 2007Roughly 6 in 10 Americans own a cat or dog, with more owning a dog than a cat. The No. 1 reason for owning a dog according to dog owners is for companionship. Cat owners are equally likely to mention a love of animals in general and companionship as the main reason they own a cat.
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