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Fifteen percent of Americans say they smoke marijuana, according to combined 2023 and 2024 data.

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Nearly eight in 10 Americans, including majorities of Democrats and Republicans, favor a federal law requiring equal insurance coverage for mental and physical healthcare.

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In the Voices of Gen Z study, 10- to 18-year-olds and their parents share what they wish others understood about being a Gen Z child or their parent.

Â鶹´«Ã½AV tested different ways to ask race and ethnicity to better understand how changes to the U.S. standards for collecting race and ethnicity on federal surveys might affect data and analysis.

Sixty-nine percent of political independents, 53% of Democrats, 48% of Republicans favor creation of a third party.

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A new poll from West Health and Â鶹´«Ã½AV shows that a majority of Americans think healthcare is not receiving enough attention in the 2024 presidential election.

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Most Gen Zers worry about water pollution and the health of fish and oceans, and nine in 10 say protecting water is important -- across both major political parties.

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Americans' confidence in the federal government's ability to ensure the safety of the nation's food supply has reached an all-time low.

The latest from the University of North Carolina and Â鶹´«Ã½AV finds diversity is important for Black parents choosing childcare, and they report their child may experience racial bias in treatment.

A University of North Carolina-Â鶹´«Ã½AV Study finds that 25% of Black Parents find transportation to be a "big problem" for their childcare arrangements.

Among Black families with young children, parents with strong social connections are more likely to remain optimistic despite discrimination.

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Black families with young children are more likely to report discussing the challenges than the advantages they may face because of their race.

Americans, particularly young adults, increasingly believe drinking alcohol is unhealthy, and their drinking habits reflect this perception.

Eleven percent of Americans smoke cigarettes, tying the low in Â鶹´«Ã½AV's 80-year trend.

Just over seven in 10 Americans, 71%, believe doctors should be "allowed by law to end the patient's life by some painless means if the patient and his or her family request it."

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Americans are now less likely to consider childhood vaccines as extremely important, with Republicans accounting for the drop.

Environmental crises caused by extreme weather or pollution are linked to greater negative emotions and depressive symptoms, as well as less overall life satisfaction among Americans.

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While LGBTQ+ Americans view society as having become more accepting, one in four have received poor treatment or harassment in the past year.

Thirty-five percent of Americans plan to watch at least a fair amount of the 2024 Olympics, far lower than what Â鶹´«Ã½AV has measured for prior Summer Games.

For the first time in nearly two decades, a majority of Americans think immigration to the U.S. should be decreased.