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Percentage of Americans who do not know the deadline for filing taxes

: 69

Estimated portion of Americans who owe no federal income taxes

: 2/5

Percentage of Americans who believe their neighbors cheat on their taxes

: 48

Who would take a vow of celibacy in exchange for never having to do their taxes again

: 20

Who would move to a different country

: 37

Cost of renouncing one’s U.S. citizenship

: $2,350

Percentage by which the government has proposed decreasing this fee

: 81

Amount, in hours, by which the top-earning 10 percent of U.S. men worked less last year than in 2019

: 77

By which the bottom-earning 10 percent of men worked more

: 37

Portion of American men aged 25 to 54 who are neither working nor seeking work

: 1/9

Factor by which the number of U.S. job-offer scams reported since 2019 has increased

: 3

Minimum amount U.S. workers lost last year to these scams

: $249,962,090

Percentage decrease in the past year in job postings for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion positions

: 27

Portion of U.S. workers who believe they are treated unfairly

: 1/2

Portion of U.S. workers who describe their workplace as at least somewhat “toxic”

: 1/5

Percentage increase since 2019 in the number of whistleblower tips sent to the Securities and Exchange Commission

: 136

Percentage increase since 2020 in the number of expletives used on corporate earnings calls

: 60

Portion of U.S. workers who would switch jobs for greater pay transparency

: 2/3

Portion of workers seeking jobs elsewhere who believe they are being paid below market rates

: 2/3

Percentage by which U.S. workers with a best friend at work are less likely to look for another job

: 25

Percentage of U.S. workers who have used ChatGPT for work who have not disclosed this

: 68

Portion of K–12 educators who have caught students using ChatGPT to cheat

: 1/4

Portion of Americans who have paid to use online dating platforms

: 1/3

Who believe that online dating algorithms can predict love

: 1/5

Percentage by which U.S. women are more likely to think infidelity is wrong for married men than for women

: 22

By which U.S. men are more likely to think this

: 14

Portion of parents who feel that their partner judges their parenting ability

: 1/2

Portion of parents with children under 18 who are worried about their children’s mental health

: 3/4

Who are worried about their children being kidnapped

: 3/5

Being shot

: 1/2

Minimum portion of Americans who cannot identify an influential person in their community

: 7/10

Percentage of influential figures identified who are politicians

: 63

Who are businesspeople

: 9

Who are religious leaders

: 3

Percentage decrease over the past five years in the number of Americans who believe in God

: 6

Chances that a U.S. adult under 30 believes in astrology

: 2 in 5

Amount Americans spend each year on the “psychic services” industry

: $2,200,000,000

Percentage of religious Americans who believe that God can hear prayers and intervene in the world

: 42

Who believe that God can hear prayers but cannot intervene

: 28

Minimum number of Americans who believe that hell exists but heaven does not

: 2,608,367

Harper’s Index