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A survey on Generation Next |
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Written by asap
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Tuesday, 09 January 2007 |
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If you are 18 to 25, you are more sexual, send more text messages and are more interested in becoming rich than generations before you, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center.
You're also less religious, you vote less — and you're paid less.
The data, covering everything from politics to technology, were collected from a survey conducted in September and October last year among 1,501 young adults — including 579 people ages 18 to 25, an age group also known (for some reason) as Generation Next.
Take a peep below to see what percentage of the poll's Generation Next participants think or do or have done various things.
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- Exercise on at least a weekly basis: 81
- Go to the movies once a week or more: 11
- Watch "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart": 13
- Have a tattoo: 36
- Say it's OK to download or share music or video files without paying: 46
- Have gone out on a date with someone from the Internet: 12
- Have a profile on a social networking site such as MySpace: 44
- Don't use the Internet: 12
- Agree with the statement, "I feel it's my duty as a citizen to always vote": 42
- Feel guilty when they don't vote: 50
- Read the paper "yesterday": 23
- Got news online "yesterday": 25
- Watched TV news "yesterday": 48
- Sent or received a text message "yesterday": 51
- Think the generation's most important goal is to get rich: 81
- Think the generation's most important goal is to get famous: 51
- Think the generation's most important goal is to help people: 30
- Are paid an hourly wage: 71
- Receive heath care benefits: 53
- Employed full-time: 44
- Employed part-time: 26
- Depend on family for financial assistance: 46
- Think the generation has more casual sex than young adults 20 years ago: 75
- Have no religious affiliation, or self-identify as atheist or agnostic: 20
- Attend church at least once a week: 32
- Approve of President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq: 26
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