03/17/2010

Generational Differences

In comparing generations, there's a tendency to overdo the generalizations, minimize national culture, and ignore individual differences.  However, a recent study of the 50 million Millennials 18 and over by the Pew Research Center found some interesting differences among Baby Boomers (those now 46-64) Millennials (those 29 or younger) and Gen Xers (30 to 45):

• Millennials are the first truly digital generation. Three-quarters have created a profile on Facebook or some other social networking site. Only half of Gen Xers and 30 percent of Boomers have done so.
• A fifth of Millennials have posted videos of themselves online, far more than Gen Xers (6 percent), or Boomers (2 percent).
• Almost two-fifths of Millennials have tattoos, up from a third among Gen Xers and from a seventh (15 percent) among Boomers.
• Half of Millennials favor gay marriage; among Boomers and older Americans, support is a third and a quarter, respectively.
• Only 5 percent of Millennials oppose interracial marriage, compared with 26 percent among those 65 and over.

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