Generation Next Survey, 2006

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OWNGEN (Weighted by WEIGHT)

What ONE WORD OR PHRASE best describes your generation? (OPEN-ENDED. ACCEPT UP TO TWO RESPONSES. PROBE ONCE IF RESPONDENT ANSWERS "DON'T KNOW")
  1) Response given
  9) (VOL.) Don't know/No answer

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage
Response given 2485 82.8% 82.8%
(VOL.) Don't know/No answer 517 17.2% 100%

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

18-25 26-98 Missing TOTAL
Response given 84.2%
373
82.7%
2096

16
83.0%
2469
(VOL.) Don't know/No answer 15.8%
70
17.3%
437

11
17.0%
507
TOTAL 100.0%
443
100.0%
2533

27

2976


Education (I-EDUC)

None, or grade 1-8 High school incomplete High school graduate Technical, trade, or vocational school AFTER high school Some college College graduate Missing TOTAL
Response given 77.1%
64
80.5%
236
80.3%
875
78.9%
60
85.3%
545
86.8%
700

5
83.0%
2480
(VOL.) Don't know/No answer 22.9%
19
19.5%
57
19.7%
215
21.1%
16
14.7%
94
13.2%
106

10
17.0%
507
TOTAL 100.0%
83
100.0%
293
100.0%
1090
100.0%
76
100.0%
639
100.0%
806

15

2987


Gender (I-GENDER)

Male Female TOTAL
Response given 82.8%
1185
82.7%
1300
82.8%
2485
(VOL.) Don't know/No answer 17.2%
246
17.3%
271
17.2%
517
TOTAL 100.0%
1431
100.0%
1571

3002


Marital status (I-MARITAL)

Married Divorced Separated Widowed Never been married Missing TOTAL
Response given 82.5%
1324
82.3%
274
88.9%
64
84.0%
236
83.4%
581

7
83.0%
2479
(VOL.) Don't know/No answer 17.5%
280
17.7%
59
11.1%
8
16.0%
45
16.6%
116

10
17.0%
508
TOTAL 100.0%
1604
100.0%
333
100.0%
72
100.0%
281
100.0%
697

17

2987


Religion (I-RELIGION)

Protestant Roman Catholic Jewish Mormon (include Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) Other religion No religion, not a believer, atheist, agnostic Missing TOTAL
Response given 83.5%
1253
83.4%
666
96.3%
52
60.8%
45
84.7%
116
85.1%
315

39
83.4%
2447
(VOL.) Don't know/No answer 16.5%
248
16.6%
133
3.7%
2
39.2%
29
15.3%
21
14.9%
55

29
16.6%
488
TOTAL 100.0%
1501
100.0%
799
100.0%
54
100.0%
74
100.0%
137
100.0%
370

68

2935


Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

More than once a week Once a week Once or twice a month A few times a year Seldom Never Missing TOTAL
Response given 86.4%
317
82.2%
571
79.6%
367
85.4%
499
84.1%
349
82.0%
351

31
83.2%
2454
(VOL.) Don't know/No answer 13.6%
50
17.8%
124
20.4%
94
14.6%
85
15.9%
66
18.0%
77

21
16.8%
496
TOTAL 100.0%
367
100.0%
695
100.0%
461
100.0%
584
100.0%
415
100.0%
428

52

2950


Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

Very conservative Conservative Moderate Liberal Very liberal Missing TOTAL
Response given 83.2%
149
80.7%
634
85.0%
1025
81.6%
355
92.1%
128

194
83.5%
2291
(VOL.) Don't know/No answer 16.8%
30
19.3%
152
15.0%
181
18.4%
80
7.9%
11

63
16.5%
454
TOTAL 100.0%
179
100.0%
786
100.0%
1206
100.0%
435
100.0%
139

257

2745