December 11, 2019

The Decline of Religion in American Family Life

Findings from the November 2019 American Perspectives Survey

The November 2019 American Perspectives Survey reveals that young people may not be to blame for the decline in religious affiliation even though they report being raised in less religious households than their parents. Continue Reading →

October 9, 2019

Toward a Climate Change Consensus?

When it comes to climate change, Democrats and Republicans do not agree on much. Continue Reading →

October 8, 2019

Joe Biden Has a Serious College-Voter Problem

The former vice president has faced challenges shoring up support among a key Democratic constituency: college students. Continue Reading →

October 2, 2019

Public views of political compromise and conflict and partisan misperceptions

Findings from the September 2019 American Perspectives Survey

The inaugural American Perspectives Survey takes a new look at political compromise, disagreement, and perceptions of the demographic makeup of Democrats and Republicans, revealing topics of agreement and misconception among the public. Continue Reading →

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September 26, 2019

A loneliness epidemic? How marriage, religion, and mobility explain the generation gap in loneliness

Conventional wisdom holds that loneliness is a serious problem in America today. Yet data from the Survey on Community and Society (SCS) suggest that such characterizations of loneliness are overblown and possibly wrong. Continue Reading →

September 18, 2019

The Christian Right is Helping Drive Liberals Away From Religion

Liberals have been leaving organized religion in high numbers over the past few decades. Blaming the Democrats doesn’t capture the profound role that conservative Christian activists have played in transforming the country’s religious landscape. Continue Reading →

August 20, 2019

Could Trump Drive Young White Evangelicals Away From the GOP?

Trump has found young white Evangelicals harder to win over. For many older white Evangelicals, Trump’s vigorous public defense of conservative Christians remains the most compelling reason to support his reelection. Continue Reading →

August 4, 2019

The 2020 Presidential Election Could Come Down to College Students and That Could be Trouble for Trump

Trump is not terribly popular on college campuses. What matters is how students feel about the political environment and their potential to affect it. Continue Reading →

June 25, 2019

Are Americans Who Attend Neighborhood Churches Better Off?

Beyond cutting down commute times and saving on gas there is no obvious benefit to attending religious services close to home. 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 →