Index Archive

Percentage of white Americans who say they enjoy Juneteenth less than an average day

: 29

Percentage of Republicans who say so

: 42

Percentage of Americans who say that people seeing racism where it isn’t is a bigger problem than missing it where it is

: 45

Portion of U.S. public school teachers who say that the history of slavery does not affect black people’s place in society today

: 1/4

Portion of children expelled from U.S. public preschools who are black boys

: 1/5

Portion of Chicago children under the age of 6 who have been exposed to lead-contaminated drinking water

: 7/10

Percentage by which U.S. black voters are more likely than others to be concerned about climate change

: 12

Percentage decrease in the volume of climate-change coverage in corporate broadcast news between 2022 and 2023

: 25

Percentage of corporate broadcast news coverage that was dedicated to climate change last year

: 1

Percentage by which the New York Times has quoted Israeli sources more often than Palestinian sources since October 7, 2023

: 78

By which the Times was more likely to feature Palestinians as subjects of passive-voice clauses than Israelis in that period

: 67

Percentage of U.S. adults who believe that Israel is trying to minimize harm to civilians in its attacks on Gaza

: 38

Percentage of family members of active-duty U.S. military personnel who said in 2016 they would recommend military service

: 55

Who say so now

: 32

Portion of active-duty U.S. military personnel who are not receiving mental-health care but would like to receive it

: 1/4

Number of U.S. insurance claims related to psychotic disorders that were filed in 2023

: 4,477,140

Percentage change in the quantity of these claims since 2019

: +15

Percentage of Americans who have not heard of long COVID

: 22

Rank of the United States among countries in terms of happiness in 2023

: 15

In 2024

: 23

Percentage of U.S. employees in therapy who say their therapist has an effect on their mental health

: 41

Percentage of U.S. employees who say their boss does

: 69

Percentage of Americans over the age of 50 who say they have a friend they met at work

: 44

Of American adults under the age of 30 who say so

: 21

Percentage of U.S. college students who say reproductive-health laws were at least somewhat important to their school choice

: 71

Who say they were highly important

: 38

Percentage of Republican college students who would prefer to attend a school in a state with greater access to reproductive care

: 63

Percentage of U.S. teenagers who say their parents have looked through their phones

: 43

Percentage of U.S. parents of teenagers who say they have done so

: 50

Number of reported unintentional shootings by children in the United States last year

: 411

Portion of U.S. adolescent overdose deaths in which a bystander who could have intervened was present

: 2/3

Percentage by which BMW drivers have a higher rate of DUIs than the average driver

: 14

Percentage by which Subaru drivers do

: 29

Percentage of American wine drinkers who think they could differentiate a $10 bottle of wine from a $100 bottle

: 35

Number of U.S. states in which corn polls as the most popular vegetable

: 32

Percentage by which Americans are more likely to say they want to be remembered for creativity than for intelligence

: 55

Portion of Americans who say they are worried about their memory

: 2/3

Percentage of U.S. adults who say that widespread use of computer chips implanted in the brain would be positive for society

: 10

Percentage of those aged 18 to 29 who say they probably or definitely would consider getting such an implant this year

: 13

Harper’s Index

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