September 30, 2020
Democrats and Republicans Believe Their Opponents’ Policies Threaten the National Interest
Lost amid the rhetorical brinksmanship in the fight to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who recently passed after battling pancreatic cancer, is the reason Republicans believe this particular fight is necessary and why Democrats are unlikely to take a measured response. Continue Reading →
September 30, 2020
Socially Distant: How Our Divided Social Networks Explain Our Politics
Findings from the American National Social Network Survey
The American National Social Network Survey explains how personal networks and relationships condition personal behavior and influence decisions. Continue Reading →
September 17, 2020
More and More Americans aren’t Religious. Why are Democrats Ignoring These Voters?
Often lost in this, though, is the fact that Democrats are mostly ignoring a massive group of voters who are becoming an increasingly crucial part of their base: people who don’t have any religion at all. Continue Reading →
September 11, 2020
Download Our Data
The Survey Center on American Life makes its data available to the public after a period of six to twelve months. Datasets are available to download as Stata and SPSS files. Survey datasets are cleaned with all identifying information removed. Access to data downloads requires making a free account. Continue Reading →
August 19, 2020
The urban-rural divide over the coronavirus outbreak
From the earliest days of the coronavirus outbreak, Continue Reading →
August 19, 2020
The urban-rural divide over the coronavirus outbreak
From the earliest days of the coronavirus outbreak, Continue Reading →
August 12, 2020
What Happens to Parents When Community Spaces Close?
If it takes a village to raise a child, what happens to parents when the village goes into lockdown? Continue Reading →
July 15, 2020
STEM Perspectives: Attitudes, Opportunities, and Barriers in America’s STEM Workforce
In a survey of STEM graduates, our scholars explore opinions of the STEM field, STEM career satisfaction, and why some STEM degree holders have exited the field. Continue Reading →
July 9, 2020
The Parents are Not All Right: The Experiences of Parenting During a Pandemic
Findings from the AEI COVID-19 and American Life Survey
Parenting during the pandemic placed a huge burden on those with children at home. Mothers (especially single mothers) have experienced a decline in mental health and are especially anxious about sending their children back to school. Continue Reading →
Generation Uncoupled
Generation Uncoupled: America's New Gender Divide and the Crisis of Human Connection
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Daniel A. Cox
July 23, 2026
A Digital Divide in American Adolescence: Gender, Class, and the New Teenage Experience
If teenage years once represented a time of rebellion, teenagers’ lives today are marked less by pushing boundaries and more by building their own. Many teenage experiences are less common than they once were—dating, working a part-time job, and experimenting with drugs and alcohol are less common experiences. The 2026 American Teenagers Survey from the Continue Reading →
Daniel A. Cox, Jae Grace, Avery Shields
April 27, 2026
Strangers Next Door: The Decline of Neighborhood Socializing and the Class Divide in Belonging
Acknowledgment The American Enterprise Institute’s Survey Center on American Life is grateful to the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for its generous support of this research. As Americans spend more of their time online, the neighborhood—once a primary physical location for real-world socialization—is playing less of a central role than ever before. Since Continue Reading →
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