Surveys and Research

Featured Publications

• Media Habits and Misinformation Susceptibility of Adults Aged 55 Years and Older: Findings from a RAND American Life Panel Survey

  Feb 28, 2024

  Research suggests that older adults may be particularly vulnerable to false and misleading information online. This report presents survey findings related to the media use, concerns, and preferences of nearly 1,000 Americans aged 55 years and older.

• What Americans Think About Veterans and Military Service: Findings from a Nationally Representative Survey

  Dec 14, 2023

  This report details public perceptions of veterans and the U.S. military and public willingness to encourage a young person to join the military as identified in American Life Panel surveys administered in February and June 2022.

• How Can K–12 Principals Support Student Success and Well-Being? Interviews with Parents to Support Equitable and Culturally Responsive Leadership

  Sep 28, 2023

  This report presents insights from parents about ways principals can support students' academic success and well-being and actions principals can take that align with national standards for equitable and culturally responsive school leadership.

• Reciprocal Relationships Among Influenza Experiences, Perceptions, and Behavior: Results from a National, Longitudinal Survey of United States Adults

  Jul 11, 2023

  Likelihood of vaccination for influenza is associated with perceived risk and experience with influenza. Higher perceived risk of influenza may be more associated with interpreting ambiguous symptoms as influenza.

• Association of COVID-19 Vaccination With Influenza Vaccine History and Changes in Influenza Vaccination

  Nov 16, 2022

  Using the RAND American Life Panel (ALP), we examine relationships among COVID and influenza vaccination amongst those who historically never, sometimes, or always vaccinate for influenza.

• Association Among Trust in Health Care Providers, Friends, and Family, and Vaccine Hesitancy

  Aug 17, 2022

  Parents who are hesitant to vaccinate their children trust various types of individuals along different dimensions of trust.

• The Foreign Service and American Public Opinion: Dynamics and Prospects

  Jun 8, 2022

  The authors surveyed members of the American public in 2020 and 2021 to understand public opinion related to diplomacy, diplomats, and the U.S. Foreign Service.

• American Perspectives on Veterans: A July–September 2021 American Life Panel Survey About Americans' Support for Veterans' Benefits and Services

  Sep 30, 2021

  Data from the RAND American Life Panel collected in July-September 2021 reveal what benefits and services Americans think the U.S. government should provide to veterans and how much they would be willing to pay in taxes to fund this support.

• Job-Related Stress Threatens the Teacher Supply: Key Findings from the 2021 State of the U.S. Teacher Survey

  Jun 15, 2021

  The authors explore the state of teacher well-being in the United States, describing job-related stressors that teachers faced during the pandemic and the working conditions of teachers who were considering leaving their jobs because of the pandemic.

• Decline in Trust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Apr 5, 2021

  Researchers present a subset of results from May and October 2020 surveys fielded through the RAND American Life Panel to assess declines in trust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.