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August 1, 2020
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** Americans fault China for its role in the spread of COVID-19 ([link removed])
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Today, 73% of U.S. adults say they have an unfavorable view of China ([link removed]) , up 26 percentage points since 2018. Since March alone, negative views of China have increased 7 points. There is a widespread sense among Americans that China mishandled the initial outbreak and subsequent spread of COVID-19.
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** Parenting children in the age of screens ([link removed])
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A majority of parents in the United States say that parenting is harder today ([link removed]) than it was 20 years ago, with many in this group citing technology as a reason why. Around seven-in-ten parents of a child under the age of 12 say they are at least somewhat concerned their child might ever spend too much time in front of screens. And some parents with a child in this age range already believe their tech-using child spends too much time on certain devices and digital activities.
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** Americans who mainly get their news on social media are less engaged, less knowledgeable ([link removed])
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U.S. adults who rely most on social media for political news stand apart ([link removed]) from other news consumers in a number of ways. They tend to be less likely than other news consumers to closely follow major news stories, such as the coronavirus outbreak and the 2020 presidential election. And perhaps tied to that, they tend to be less knowledgeable about these topics.
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** Four-in-ten who haven’t yet filled out U.S. census say they wouldn’t answer the door for a census worker ([link removed])
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As census workers begin knocking on the doors of millions of households that have not returned their questionnaires ([link removed]) , four-in-ten U.S. adults who have not yet responded say they would not be willing to answer their door. Those who have not responded so far are disproportionately likely to be from groups the Census Bureau has struggled to count accurately in previous decennial census collections, including the Black and Hispanic populations.
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** Prior to COVID-19, urban core counties in the U.S. were gaining vitality on key measures ([link removed])
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Though the suburban population continues to increase at a relatively healthy clip, a range of indicators show that large suburban counties ([link removed]) are lagging the gains of their urban core counterparts. Compared with 2000, suburban populations are now less engaged in the labor market, experiencing declining household incomes and seeing housing values that have not kept pace with those of the central cities.
** Amid coronavirus outbreak, nearly three-in-ten young people are neither working nor in school ([link removed])
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