
but the clear interest in additional options to have a more satisfying life is out there in the public.” “Few policies on offer in Congress directly address any of these concerns.


“Most Americans would like to spend more time with their family and less time at work,” Karpowitz, Pope and Spencer Rudy of the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy wrote in the report. In a 2021 survey published by the Brookings Institution, 70% of mothers who were essential workers or working from home reported that they wanted more time to spend with their families. While this was a new question in the American Family Survey, the results track with other polls. Just 15% of liberal Democrats say they worship weekly as a family, compared to 24% of moderate Republicans and 25% of independents.Īlthough the COVID-19 pandemic gave many people unprecedented time spent at home, nearly half of respondents said they would like more time with their family. Thirty percent of American families worship together each week, but that number is heavily weighted by conservative Republicans (44%) and moderate Democrats (39%). Pope wrote, “We find large swaths of agreement in Americans’ assessments of the strength of their families and in the day-to-day activities in which families take part.” Family activities only differ sharply by political leaning when it comes to worshiping together. American Family Survey: When it comes to abortion, there are the extremes - and then everybody elseĬo-investigators Christopher F.

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