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People Intelligence

Public opinion and socioeconomic subgroup evidence from approved external survey sources. Exact source framing and methodological caveats remain visible.

United States · Technology & work

71% expect AI to reduce the number of U.S. jobs

Americans are increasingly worried about AI-driven job displacement. In Pew's June survey, 71% said artificial intelligence will lead to fewer jobs in the United States over the next 20 years; 10% expected little difference and 5% expected more jobs.

Pew Research Center · Fieldwork Jun 22-28, 2026 · N=3,488

People · Generations · Financial milestones

The “maybe later” economy.

Housing, education, work and family choices increasingly collide with financial pressure. PolisMetric keeps the U.S. Pew benchmark separate from Deloitte’s same-wave Gen Z and millennial country evidence so unlike questions are never forced into one ranking.

U.S. anchorPew Research Center · May 2026

U.S. adults were asked whether key milestones are harder for young adults today than for their parents’ generation. This is a national perception measure, not the same question as Deloitte’s Gen Z/millennial survey and is therefore not included in the international ranking.

Buying a home87%

2026 harder 87%2021 70%

Paying for college82%

2026 harder 82%2021 71%

Saving for the future82%

2026 harder 82%2021 72%

Finding a job64%

2026 harder 64%2021 39%

Covering basic expenses80%

2026 harder 80%2021 —

Same-question international comparison

Financial pressure is delaying major life decisions.

These 15 country results come from the same Deloitte 2026 survey wave and the same question. Paired dots show published percentages for Gen Z and millennials; the connector shows the gap. This is not a quality ranking. Countries without a verified national value remain outside the ranking.

Thailand65%57%

Philippines64%64%

Argentina59%67%

Mexico57%52%

Italy56%51%

Australia55%45%

India54%44%

Sweden52%49%

Singapore51%50%

Netherlands51%45%

Switzerland46%60%

United Kingdom46%46%

China46%35%

Germany45%39%

Brazil45%36%

Deloitte Global 2026 Gen Z and Millennial Survey · fielded Nov. 24, 2025–Jan. 15, 2026 · online self-complete survey. The global study includes 22,595 respondents in 44 countries; this chart contains only source-verified country cuts in the current PolisMetric evidence pass.

U.S. source

Pew Research Center · Wave 193 · N=10,091 U.S. adults · fielded May 4–17, 2026 · ±1.4 percentage points for the full sample.

Pew report ↗Pew topline ↗Deloitte global study ↗Methodology/report PDF ↗

People Intelligence · United States · Young women

Political alignment and mental health are both shifting — but they are not the same story.

Pew's direct 2026 party-affiliation data show a large partisan tilt among women ages 18–29. A separate secondary reanalysis of Pew's 2020 American Trends Panel microdata reports a much higher lifetime provider-identification rate among young white women who identified as liberal. The two measures are shown together for context, not as evidence that one causes the other.

Evidence classDirect + reanalysisPew results kept separate

2026 · Women 18–2966%

Democratic or Democratic-leaning

2026 · Women 18–2927%

Republican or Republican-leaning

Young gender gap22 pts

Women minus men in Democratic/Democratic-leaning affiliation in 2026

2020 · Secondary Pew reanalysis29 pts

Liberal minus conservative among white women ages 18–29 reporting a provider had ever identified a mental-health condition

Direct Pew series

Party affiliation among women ages 18–29

7 annual observations · 2020–2026

Percent of women ages 18–292020—2026 · Hover/tap to inspect

In 2026, 66% of women ages 18–29 identified as or leaned Democratic, versus 27% Republican. Among men of the same age, the corresponding values were 44% and 49%. Party affiliation is not the same measure as liberal-conservative ideology.

Secondary reanalysis of Pew microdata

Lifetime provider-identified mental-health condition

White women ages 18–29 · ATP Wave 64

Percent answering yes, by ideological self-placementPOLISMETRIC · DATA

01Liberal56.3%

02Moderate28.4%

03Conservative27.3%

Secondary reanalysis of Pew Wave 64 microdata; Pew did not publish this subgroup table as a headline result. Subgroup cell Ns and margins of error are not reported in the secondary chart.

The question asked whether a doctor or other health-care provider had ever told the respondent they had a mental-health condition. It is not a measure of current depression, and these descriptive subgroup differences do not establish causation.

Independent contextMonitoring the Future points in the same direction, using a different measure.

A peer-reviewed study of 86,138 U.S. 12th-graders from 2005–2018 found depressive-affect increases after 2010 were most pronounced among female liberal adolescents in its models. Because that study measures adolescent depressive affect rather than Pew's lifetime provider-identification item, PolisMetric treats it as contextual corroboration rather than a directly comparable estimate.

Published interactionb = 0.1795% CI 0.01 to 0.32

Trusted sources · Health & wellness · 2018 baseline

United States: who people trusted for health advice.

A directly comparable baseline from the Wellcome Global Monitor. “Most trusted source,” trust in government advice, and trust in medical workers are kept as separate measures. The survey was fielded in 2018; newer country-specific evidence is shown separately when a governed source is available.

Most trusted source88.1%

named doctors or nurses as the person they trusted most for medical or health advice.

2018 national sample n=1,006 · prevalence rank #13 of 35 current PolisMetric countries

Most trusted source · Q20

One question, six answer groups.

Bars use the full weighted country sample denominator, matching Wellcome’s published convention. “Don’t know” and refusals remain in the denominator and are preserved as missing-response metadata.

Doctors & nurses88.1%

Traditional healers4.5%

Family & friends3.4%

Religious leaders1.6%

None / someone else1%

Famous people0.7%

Don’t know / refused: 0.7% of the weighted sample.

Source trust · Q2159%

Government medical & health advice

Share answering that they trust government medical and health advice a lot or some.

Source trust · Q2291.3%

Medical workers’ advice

Share saying they trust advice from medical workers such as doctors and nurses a lot or some.

Recent country update · Pew Research Center · 2026

Health influencers are a newer U.S. information channel.

This U.S.-only evidence measures use and conditional trust. It is deliberately not merged into the 2018 international trust ranking.

40%of U.S. adults ever get health and wellness information from influencers or podcasts

50%of U.S. adults under 50 ever use those sources

10%of those consumers trust all or most of that information

65%of those consumers say they trust some of it

Pew report ↗Methodology ↗

35-country comparison

Compare the same question across PolisMetric countries.

Switch measures to inspect directly comparable 2018 values. Bars show response prevalence, not a quality score or PolisMetric ranking.

Doctors or nurses named as the single most trusted sourceQ20: share of the weighted country sample naming a doctor or nurse as the person trusted most for medical or health advice.

United States 88.1%Median 79.7%Available 35/35

1Singapore93.5%

2Norway93.2%

3Canada91.1%

4Italy90.7%

5Malaysia90.7%

6United Kingdom90.3%

7Belgium90.2%

8Sweden89.5%

9Australia89.4%

10France88.7%

11Thailand88.7%

12Spain88.1%

13United States88.1%

14Ireland85.2%

15Netherlands84%

16Taiwan83.3%

17Mexico81.4%

18Switzerland79.7%

19Argentina79.1%

20Vietnam78.7%

21India76.8%

22Indonesia76.1%

23Türkiye75.9%

24South Africa74.3%

25Poland71.9%

26Saudi Arabia71.2%

27South Korea71.2%

28Russia69.8%

29Philippines69.6%

30Japan69%

31Brazil65.1%

32Germany63.3%

33Israel63.1%

34China62.4%

35Austria58.7%

Dashed marker = median among countries with a published value for this exact measure. Hover, tap or use Tab to inspect rows.

Source & reuse

Gallup (2019), Wellcome Global Monitor – First Wave Findings. PolisMetric visualization and weighted aggregation from published survey fields. The Wellcome report states that its data and text are distributed under CC BY with attribution; report images are excluded. PolisMetric uses original charts and does not reproduce Wellcome’s graphic design.

Report ↗Country data ↗Questionnaire ↗

Country percentages use the public within-country survey weight (wgt) and the full weighted country sample denominator, matching Wellcome's published country convention. Q21/Q22 combine 'A lot' + 'Some'. Don't know/refused responses remain in the denominator and are preserved as missing-response metadata; unavailable questions remain null and are never converted to zero. Fieldwork: April–December 2018. This supplemental module does not count as five independent People sources.

AI & society · Pew Research Center · 2026

How United States sees AI.

Four directly comparable measures from Pew Research Center’s 2026 global AI study. Rankings below describe the prevalence of each response among the 25 PolisMetric countries covered by this release; they are not quality scores.

Future of work71%

of adults say AI will lead to fewer jobs in United States over the next 20 years.

Share rank #3 of 25 covered PolisMetric countries · covered-country median 48%

Q57#3 / 25

71%

Expect AI to lead to fewer jobs

United States: 71%25-country median: 48%

Share of adults saying AI will lead to fewer jobs in their country over the next 20 years.

Field period: Jun. 22–28, 2026

Q56#3 / 25

46%

Expect AI to increase inequality

United States: 46%25-country median: 32%

Share saying AI will increase the gap between rich and poor in their country over the next 20 years.

Field period: Jun. 22–28, 2026

Q55#2 / 25

52%

More concerned than excited about AI

United States: 52%25-country median: 37%

Share saying they are more concerned than excited about the increased use of AI in daily life.

Field period: Jun. 22–28, 2026

Q54#10 / 25

48%

Have heard or read a lot about AI

United States: 48%25-country median: 41%

Share saying they have heard or read a lot about artificial intelligence.

Field period: Feb. 17–23, 2026

Cross-country comparison

See where United States sits among all 25 covered countries.

Switch the measure to compare every directly surveyed PolisMetric country on the same 0–100% scale. United States is highlighted; the gold marker shows the 25-country median.

Expect AI to lead to fewer jobsShare of adults saying AI will lead to fewer jobs in their country over the next 20 years.

United States 71%Median 48%Rank #3/25

1Australia76%

2South Korea76%

3United States71%

4Canada61%

5United Kingdom61%

6France60%

7Poland59%

8Italy55%

9Spain54%

10Germany51%

11Japan49%

12Netherlands48%

13Sweden48%

14Argentina47%

15Singapore46%

16Mexico44%

17South Africa44%

18Brazil42%

19Israel42%

20Malaysia41%

21Indonesia37%

22Thailand32%

23India29%

24Türkiye29%

25Philippines26%

Bars show published Pew toplines. The dashed vertical marker is the median among the 25 covered PolisMetric countries. Hover, tap or use Tab to inspect a row.

Source

Pew Research Center, Globally, More People Expect AI to Cause Job Loss Than Growth, published Sept. 17, 2026. International country results were fielded Feb. 8–May 13, 2026; U.S. measures shown here use the field periods printed on each card.

Report ↗Topline ↗Methodology ↗

Pew surveyed 37 places overall. This PolisMetric comparison is restricted to the 25 countries that overlap the canonical 35-country universe. Source results are reproduced as attributed public toplines; PolisMetric does not reinterpret them as an original poll.

United States · People Intelligence

Five sources. Five different stories.

Each finding comes from a different approved source and covers a different part of public life. Open the data view to inspect the measure, sample, evidence note and original source.

Technology & workJun 22-28, 2026

Pew Research Center01 / 05

71% expect AI to reduce the number of U.S. jobs

Expected impact of AI on U.S. jobsPOLISMETRIC · DATA

01Fewer jobs71%

02Little difference10%

03More jobs5%

Published Pew response shares; remaining responses are not shown. Rebuilt to the PolisMetric Graph V2 standard.

Key findingAmericans are increasingly worried about AI-driven job displacement. In Pew's June survey, 71% said artificial intelligence will lead to fewer jobs in the United States over the next 20 years; 10% expected little difference and 5% expected more jobs.

Independent sourcen 3,488

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Technology & work

71% expect AI to reduce the number of U.S. jobs

Jun 22-28, 2026

Expected impact of AI on U.S. jobsPOLISMETRIC · DATA

01Fewer jobs71%

02Little difference10%

03More jobs5%

Published Pew response shares; remaining responses are not shown. Rebuilt to the PolisMetric Graph V2 standard.

Published observations · Jun 22-28, 2026
Measure / group	Published value
Fewer jobs	71%
Little difference	10%
More jobs	5%

Question / measure

Expected impact of AI on the number of U.S. jobs over the next 20 years

Sample

n 3,488

Evidence

publisher public result

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PUBLIC RESULTS ONLY

Finding

Evidence note

Pew Research Center reports 71% of U.S. adults say AI will lead to fewer U.S. jobs over the next 20 years; fielded June 22-28, 2026 among 3,488 U.S. adults in the American Trends Panel.

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Trust & institutionsJun 1-15, 2026

Gallup02 / 05

Confidence in major U.S. institutions averages just 27%

Confidence across 14 core U.S. institutions, 2026POLISMETRIC · DATA

14-institution average: 27%

01The military61%

02The police45%

03Church / organized religion33%

04Banks28%

05The medical system28%

Gallup's June 2026 survey reports an average of 27% with a great deal or quite a lot of confidence across these 14 core institutions. Rebuilt to the PolisMetric Graph V2 standard. Card shows 5 of 14 published observations; Explore Data shows the full set.

Key findingGallup's long-running confidence measure remains near its historical low. Across 14 core institutions, 27% of Americans on average said they had a great deal or quite a lot of confidence.

Independent sourcen 1,001

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Trust & institutions

Confidence in major U.S. institutions averages just 27%

Jun 1-15, 2026

Confidence across 14 core U.S. institutions, 2026POLISMETRIC · DATA

14-institution average: 27%

01The military61%

02The police45%

03Church / organized religion33%

04Banks28%

05The medical system28%

06The presidency27%

07The public schools27%

08U.S. Supreme Court27%

09Organized labor26%

10Big business17%

11Criminal justice system17%

12Newspapers17%

13Television news14%

14Congress9%

Published observations · Jun 1-15, 2026
Measure / group	Published value
The military	61%
The police	45%
Church / organized religion	33%
Banks	28%
The medical system	28%
The presidency	27%
The public schools	27%
U.S. Supreme Court	27%
Organized labor	26%
Big business	17%
Criminal justice system	17%
Newspapers	17%
Television news	14%
Congress	9%

Question / measure

Average great-deal or quite-a-lot confidence across 14 core U.S. institutions

Sample

n 1,001

Evidence

publisher public result

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PUBLIC RESULTS ONLY

Finding

Gallup's long-running confidence measure remains near its historical low. Across 14 core institutions, 27% of Americans on average said they had a great deal or quite a lot of confidence.

Evidence note

Gallup reports a 27% average with a great deal or quite a lot of confidence across 14 core institutions in June 2026; interviews were conducted June 1-15, 2026 among 1,001 U.S. adults.

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Health & affordabilityApr 14-19, 2026

KFF03 / 05

64% worry about being able to afford health care

Worry about affording health carePOLISMETRIC · DATA

Very worried30%Somewhat worried34%Not worried / other36%

KFF reports 64% at least somewhat worried, including 30% very worried; remainder shown as other responses. Rebuilt to the PolisMetric Graph V2 standard.

Key findingHealth care remains one of the strongest household affordability pressures. Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults said they were worried about being able to afford health care costs.

Independent sourcen 1,343

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Health & affordability

64% worry about being able to afford health care

Apr 14-19, 2026

Worry about affording health carePOLISMETRIC · DATA

Very worried30%Somewhat worried34%Not worried / other36%

KFF reports 64% at least somewhat worried, including 30% very worried; remainder shown as other responses. Rebuilt to the PolisMetric Graph V2 standard.

Published observations · Apr 14-19, 2026
Measure / group	Published value
Very worried	30%
Somewhat worried	34%
Not worried / other	36%

Question / measure

Worried about being able to afford health care costs

Sample

n 1,343

Evidence

publisher public result

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PUBLIC RESULTS ONLY

Finding

Health care remains one of the strongest household affordability pressures. Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults said they were worried about being able to afford health care costs.

Evidence note

KFF reports 64% of U.S. adults were worried about being able to afford health care costs; the poll was fielded April 14-19, 2026 among 1,343 adults using online and telephone interviewing.

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Identity & opportunityApr 16-20, 2026

AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research04 / 05

Only about one-third say the American Dream still holds true

How Americans describe the American DreamPOLISMETRIC · DATA

Still holds true34%Held true before, not now50%Other / unsure16%

The residual combines other or uncertain responses not separately highlighted in the public summary. Rebuilt to the PolisMetric Graph V2 standard.

Key findingHalf of U.S. adults said the American Dream once held true but does not anymore, while only about one-third said the idea that hard work lets people get ahead still holds true today.

Independent sourcen 2,596

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Identity & opportunity

Only about one-third say the American Dream still holds true

Apr 16-20, 2026

How Americans describe the American DreamPOLISMETRIC · DATA

Still holds true34%Held true before, not now50%Other / unsure16%

The residual combines other or uncertain responses not separately highlighted in the public summary. Rebuilt to the PolisMetric Graph V2 standard.

Published observations · Apr 16-20, 2026
Measure / group	Published value
Still holds true	34%
Held true before, not now	50%
Other / unsure	16%

Question / measure

Whether the American Dream still holds true today

Sample

n 2,596

Evidence

publisher public result

Use class

PUBLIC RESULTS ONLY

Finding

Half of U.S. adults said the American Dream once held true but does not anymore, while only about one-third said the idea that hard work lets people get ahead still holds true today.

Evidence note

AP-NORC reports about one-third of U.S. adults say the American Dream still holds true today; the America 250 poll interviewed 2,596 adults April 16-20, 2026.

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Household spendingJun 2-3, 2026

Ipsos05 / 05

58% are paying closer attention to per-unit food prices

How grocery-shopping behavior is changingPOLISMETRIC · DATA

Watching unit prices more closely58%

Changed shopping frequency52%

Two consumer behaviors reported in the Ipsos release. Rebuilt to the PolisMetric Graph V2 standard.

Key findingBudget pressure is changing how Americans shop for groceries. Nearly six in ten said they were paying more attention to unit prices, while 52% said they had changed how frequently they buy groceries.

Independent sourcen 1,084

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Household spending

58% are paying closer attention to per-unit food prices

Jun 2-3, 2026

How grocery-shopping behavior is changingPOLISMETRIC · DATA

Watching unit prices more closely58%

Changed shopping frequency52%

Two consumer behaviors reported in the Ipsos release. Rebuilt to the PolisMetric Graph V2 standard.

Published observations · Jun 2-3, 2026
Measure / group	Published value
Watching unit prices more closely	58%
Changed shopping frequency	52%

Question / measure

Paying more attention to per-unit cost versus total cost of food items

Sample

n 1,084

Evidence

publisher public result

Use class

PUBLIC RESULTS ONLY

Finding

Budget pressure is changing how Americans shop for groceries. Nearly six in ten said they were paying more attention to unit prices, while 52% said they had changed how frequently they buy groceries.

Evidence note

Ipsos Consumer Tracker Wave 142 reports 58% paying more attention to per-unit cost and 52% changing purchase frequency; fielded June 2-3, 2026 among 1,084 U.S. adults.

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