Cheryl Russell

Demographer and know-it-all regarding consumer spending, time use, and demographic trends.

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Only 31% of adults lived in a household with a landline phone in 2021, according to @NCHStats. NCHS has been asking about telephone status since 2003, when 95% of adults had a landline phone. The figure was 66% a decade ago and fell below 50% in 2015. https://t.co/f8EjATl4YP

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Spending at full-service restaurants climbed 45% in 2021 to a record high of $162 billion, according to @USDA_ERS data. Fast-food restaurant spending climbed 14% to $164 billion. Once again, Americans are spending more on restaurants than on groceries. https://t.co/f8EjAT3u7h

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The number of marriages in 2020 (1.7 million) fell to a level not seen since 1963, according to @NCHStats data. There were fewer divorces in 2020 (631,000) than in any year since 1968. Both are likely to rebound as the effects of the pandemic fade. https://t.co/f8EjAT3u7h

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Only 21% of Americans aged 18 or older read a newspaper every day, according to the 2021 @GSS_NORC. This is down from 69% a half century ago in 1972. The 57% majority of the public reads a newspaper less than once a week or never (versus just 8% in 1972). https://t.co/f8EjAT3u7h

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@reneeaste The K-12 School Shooting Database has an extensive definition of "school shooting." Check it out here: https://t.co/1zi2cHm0j0

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145 elementary-middle-high schools in the US experienced a school shooting in the 2020-21 school year, according to an analysis of the @K12ssdb by @EdNCES, a record high. In 2020-21, there were more school shootings at elementary schools than high schools. https://t.co/f8EjAT3u7h

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The nation's large cities (populations of 50,000+) lost 0.4% of their population between 2020 and 2021, according to @uscensusbureau estimates. The remainder of the country grew 0.4%. This was a reversal of the pattern during the 2010s. https://t.co/f8EjAT3u7h

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17% of women aged 18 to 24 say crime makes it unsafe to walk, according to an @NCHStats survey. The perception that crime makes it unsafe to walk falls with age. Among women aged 65-plus, only 10% feel unsafe walking. https://t.co/f8EjAT3u7h

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Men's college enrollment rate has fallen to a 38-year low, according to @BLS_gov and @EdNCES data. Only 54.9% of male high school grads of 2021 were enrolled in college by October. Women's rate was a much higher 69.5%—a record-breaking difference. https://t.co/f8EjAT3u7h

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Democrats outnumber Republicans among Americans 18-plus: 44% say they are Democrats, 30% say they are Republicans, according to 2021 @GSS_NORC. Millennials are least likely to identify as Republican (23%) versus 38% of Gen Xers and 36% of Boomers. https://t.co/f8EjATl4YP

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The 54% majority of Republicans own a gun, according to a @pewresearch survey. Among Democrats, a smaller 31% are gun owners. By race, non-Hispanic whites are most likely to be gun owners (47%), followed by Blacks (37%), Hispanics (26%), and Asians (20%). https://t.co/f8EjAT3u7h

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70% of Americans aged 3 or older (yes, three) use a smartphone, according to a 2021 @NTIAgov survey, up from 27% in 2011. 49% use a laptop (up from 43%). During those years, desktop computer use dropped from 45% to 28%. https://t.co/f8EjAT3u7h

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Median annual earnings of men 20-59 have stagnated or declined over the past 30 years, after adjusting for inflation, according to @SocialSecurity. Fortunately for the nation's families, the rise in women's earnings more than made up for men's losses. https://t.co/f8EjAT3u7h

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More than one in five teenagers is obese, according to @NCHStats. Obesity among the nation's 12-to-19-year-olds has more than quadrupled in the past 40 years, growing from just 5% in 1976-1980 to 21.2% in 2017-2018. https://t.co/f8EjATl4YP

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89% of Americans think abortion should be legal if a woman's health is endangered, 84% in case of rape, 77% if there's a serious birth defect. The 54% majority says abortion should be legal if a woman wants it "for any reason," according to 2021 @GSS_NORC. https://t.co/f8EjAT3u7h

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Democrats and Republicans disagree about most things. Here's one thing they do agree about, according to a @pewresearch survey. Most D's and R's do not believe the world's nations "will collectively do enough to avoid the worst impacts of climate change." https://t.co/f8EjAT3u7h

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The Boomer generation shrank by more than 1 million 2020-21, according to @uscensusbureau population estimates. The aging of the generation and the pandemic boosted the annual loss above 1 million for the first time. Gen X and Millennials also declined. https://t.co/f8EjAT3u7h

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Since the start of the pandemic, the US has experienced 382 days with 1,000 or more deaths from Covid-19, according to @CDCgov. Two days with 4,000 or more deaths; 41 days with 3,000-3,999; 110 days with 2,000-2,999, and 229 days with 1,000-1,999 deaths. https://t.co/f8EjAT3u7h

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The correctional population fell 22.4% between 2010 and 2020, reports @BJSgov. Nearly half of that decline occurred just in 2020 when the population fell by 10.6%. By end of 2020, 1/47 US adults was under correctional supervision, down from 1/40 in 2019. https://t.co/f8EjAT3u7h

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Worries about wrinkles, gray hair, and other ailments of aging are highest among people in their 50s and fade away with age, according to @AARPresearch. 24% of those in their 50s are very/extremely concerned about wrinkles vs just 9% of those in their 70s. https://t.co/f8EjAT3u7h