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Pew Research Center Quiz: How Millennial Are You?

carla published on March 24, 2010 in technology and zeitgeist. 5 Comments Tags: , , , .

First there was “The Silent Generation”, then there were the “Baby Boomers”, after that came “Generation Xers”, and now…”The Millennials“?

According to the Pew Research Center, this is the name they’ve given my generation. It includes born between the ages of 1981 and 2000 and now that much of them are in the middle of this coming-of-age phase of life, researchers wanted to see what made this generation unique. What they found was that this was a generation that was “confident, connected, and open to change.” Here are a bit of the facts:

  • They are the most ethnically and racially diverse cohort of youth in the nation’s history. Among those ages 13 to 29: 18.5% are Hispanic; 14.2% are black; 4.3% are Asian; 3.2% are mixed race or other; and 59.8%, a record low, are white.
  • They are starting out as the most politically progressive age group in modern history. In the 2008 election, Millennials voted for Barack Obama over John McCain by 66%-32%, while adults ages 30 and over split their votes 50%-49%. In the four decades since the development of Election Day exit polling, this is the largest gap ever seen in a presidential election between the votes of those under and over age 30.
  • They are the first generation in human history who regard behaviors like tweeting and texting, along with websites like Facebook, YouTube, Google and Wikipedia, not as astonishing innovations of the digital era, but as everyday parts of their social lives and their search for understanding.
  • They are the least religiously observant youths since survey research began charting religious behavior.
  • They are more inclined toward trust in institutions than were either of their two predecessor generations — Gen Xers (who are now ages 30 to 45) and Baby Boomers (now ages 46 to 64) when they were coming of age.

Taking all of these preliminary findings, the folks at Pew have created a nifty personality quiz to see how much you share in common with this awesome generation. I opened the web page with confidence thinking it would be a breeze and I’d be pretty representative of this generation…

My results?

A 65!!! lol! So I guess I was wrong (must be my lack of tattoos), but you can take the quiz here, and see how you compare.

And if you’re already thinking about the next generation, SuperForest already has that one covered.

Love,

C