Photo of a woman holding up a "Biden Harris" sign. There is a "Trump 2020" sign in the foreground.

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 →

Photo of a Trump campaign lawn sign next to a Biden campaign lawn sign.

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 →

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Survey Reports

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 →