Generation Next Survey, 2006

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PERSINF1 (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) (ASK IF AGE less than 26) Do you think people around your age post too much, too little, or the right amount of personal information about themselves on the internet?   1) Too much   2) Too little   3) Right amount   9) (VOL.) Don't know/Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Too much	72.2%	72.2%
Too little	4.1%	76.3%
Right amount	19.2%	95.5%
(VOL.) Don't know/Refused	4.5%	100%
Total N = 579

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Marital status Religion Worship attendance Political ideology

Age (I-AGE)

	18-25	26-98	TOTAL
Too much	72.2%	0.0%	72.2%
Too little	4.1%	0.0%	4.1%
Right amount	19.2%	0.0%	19.2%
(VOL.) Don't know/Refused	4.5%	0.0%	4.5%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	579

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Technical, trade, or vocational school AFTER high school or some college	College graduate	TOTAL
Too much	75.3%	69.7%	71.1%	82.0%	72.7%
Too little	3.4%	4.9%	2.5%	2.0%	3.4%
Right amount	18.0%	19.7%	22.0%	12.0%	19.3%
(VOL.) Don't know/Refused	3.4%	5.6%	4.4%	4.0%	4.5%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	578

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Too much	66.8%	77.7%	72.2%
Too little	3.1%	5.0%	4.1%
Right amount	23.3%	15.0%	19.2%
(VOL.) Don't know/Refused	6.7%	2.3%	4.5%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	579

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced or separated	Widowed	Never been married	TOTAL
Too much	76.8%	90.0%	0.0%	70.6%	72.0%
Too little	5.8%	0.0%	0.0%	3.8%	4.1%
Right amount	13.0%	10.0%	0.0%	20.6%	19.2%
(VOL.) Don't know/Refused	4.3%	0.0%	0.0%	4.9%	4.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	579

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Roman Catholic	Other religion	No religion, not a believer, atheist, agnostic	TOTAL
Too much	69.7%	73.5%	70.6%	75.6%	71.8%
Too little	5.1%	2.9%	7.8%	2.4%	4.4%
Right amount	20.7%	16.7%	19.6%	18.3%	19.2%
(VOL.) Don't know/Refused	4.5%	6.9%	2.0%	3.7%	4.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	566

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	More than once a week	Once a week	Once or twice a month	A few times a year	Seldom	Never	TOTAL
Too much	66.7%	79.5%	77.9%	70.2%	65.1%	68.5%	71.9%
Too little	5.1%	1.3%	6.5%	2.9%	4.8%	6.8%	4.4%
Right amount	25.6%	14.1%	14.3%	21.2%	20.6%	21.9%	19.1%
(VOL.) Don't know/Refused	2.6%	5.1%	1.3%	5.8%	9.5%	2.7%	4.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	570

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative or conservative	Moderate	Liberal or very liberal	TOTAL
Too much	75.4%	71.4%	72.2%	72.8%
Too little	3.4%	4.3%	4.3%	4.1%
Right amount	16.9%	19.9%	22.6%	19.8%
(VOL.) Don't know/Refused	4.2%	4.3%	0.9%	3.3%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	523