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About six in 10 Americans overall report having a retirement savings plan, but the rate differs sharply by income, education and other factors.

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Since 2023, an average of 62% of Americans report owning stock, a rebound after more than a decade of lower readings.

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Ninety percent of Americans in December 2024 report celebrating Christmas, with 58% saying it's a strongly or somewhat religious holiday for them.

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Forty-three percent of Americans report being worried "a great deal" about global warming, according to combined 2023 and 2024 data.

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Nine percent of U.S. workers belong to a labor union, according to aggregated data from Gallup's 2023-2024 Work and Education surveys.

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

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Most Americans have a religious preference -- predominantly a Christian one -- but less than half say religion is "very important" to them.

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Most Americans favor abortion being legal to some degree, but there is wide disagreement about the extent.

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Drinking alcohol is common in U.S. society, although far from universal.

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E-cigarettes are an increasingly popular alternative to tobacco products, especially among young adults. But how many Americans vape regularly?

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Whether Americans like big business or not depends on the question. More express at least some confidence in big business than say they have a positive view of it.

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Gauging Americans' belief in God depends on the threshold for "belief."

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¿Û¿Û´«Ã½finds 9.3% of U.S. adults identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or something other than straight or heterosexual.

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What percentage of Americans say they are overweight?

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UFOs could be anything from figments of the imagination to cases of mistaken identity to alien spacecraft. Learn what Americans think on the issue.

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Wills describe how an individual's money and estate are handled after their death. What percentage of Americans have one of these basic elements of financial planning?

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Read Gallup's short answer to this common question about gun ownership, including what percentages of major demographic subgroups own guns.

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Learn what percentage of Americans have been victimized by any of seven types of conventional crime in the past year, and what the rate is for violent crime.

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A slow economy, unpopular military engagement, labor strife and a corruption scandal combined to give this president the all-time lowest job approval rating.

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George W. Bush registered the highest presidential job approval rating in any ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½poll.