In the 10 years since the American Family Survey — an annual collaboration by the Wheatley Institute at Brigham Young University, the Deseret News and BYU’s Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy — first surveyed thousands of Americans about their relationships and family experiences, a few things have remained unchanged: People worry about families generally, but they are happy with their own family; people want the government to help families; and people are concerned about how their kids are doing.
But one prominent change the American Family Survey has found over the past decade is a significant increase in economic concerns and a corresponding decline in worries about cultural concerns that might affect families.
For example, according to the recently released 2024 survey, 71 percent of Please log in to see the rest of this story.
