Generation Next Survey, 2006

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PERSINF1 (Weighted by WEIGHT) (ASK IF AGE < 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	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Too much	319	72.2%	72.2%
Too little	18	4.1%	76.3%
Right amount	85	19.2%	95.5%
(VOL.) Don't know/Refused	20	4.5%	100%
Missing	2560	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Marital status Religion Church attendance Political ideology

Age (I-AGE)

	18-25	26-98	TOTAL
Too much	72.2% 319	0.0% 0	72.2% 319
Too little	4.1% 18	0.0% 0	4.1% 18
Right amount	19.2% 85	0.0% 0	19.2% 85
(VOL.) Don't know/Refused	4.5% 20	0.0% 0	4.5% 20
Missing	0	2533	2533
TOTAL	100.0% 442	100.0% 0	442

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
Too much	85.7% 6	74.4% 61	69.7% 99	66.7% 4	71.2% 109	82.0% 41	0	72.7% 320
Too little	14.3% 1	2.4% 2	4.9% 7	0.0% 0	2.6% 4	2.0% 1	3	3.4% 15
Right amount	0.0% 0	19.5% 16	19.7% 28	16.7% 1	22.2% 34	12.0% 6	0	19.3% 85
(VOL.) Don't know/Refused	0.0% 0	3.7% 3	5.6% 8	16.7% 1	3.9% 6	4.0% 2	0	4.5% 20
Missing	75	211	947	71	487	757	0	2548
TOTAL	100.0% 7	100.0% 82	100.0% 142	100.0% 6	100.0% 153	100.0% 50	3	440

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Too much	66.8% 149	77.7% 171	72.2% 320
Too little	3.1% 7	5.0% 11	4.1% 18
Right amount	23.3% 52	15.0% 33	19.2% 85
(VOL.) Don't know/Refused	6.7% 15	2.3% 5	4.5% 20
Missing	1209	1350	2559
TOTAL	100.0% 223	100.0% 220	443

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	TOTAL
Too much	76.8% 53	88.9% 8	100.0% 1	0.0% 0	70.6% 257	72.0% 319
Too little	5.8% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.8% 14	4.1% 18
Right amount	13.0% 9	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	20.6% 75	19.2% 85
(VOL.) Don't know/Refused	4.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.9% 18	4.7% 21
Missing	1535	324	70	281	333	2543
TOTAL	100.0% 69	100.0% 9	100.0% 1	100.0% 0	100.0% 364	443

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
Too much	69.7% 138	73.5% 75	100.0% 6	84.6% 11	63.3% 19	75.6% 62	8	72.2% 311
Too little	5.1% 10	2.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.0% 3	2.4% 2	0	4.2% 18
Right amount	20.7% 41	16.7% 17	0.0% 0	15.4% 2	23.3% 7	18.3% 15	3	19.0% 82
(VOL.) Don't know/Refused	4.5% 9	6.9% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.3% 1	3.7% 3	0	4.6% 20
Missing	1304	697	47	61	106	289	0	2504
TOTAL	100.0% 198	100.0% 102	100.0% 6	100.0% 13	100.0% 30	100.0% 82	11	431

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
Too much	66.7% 26	79.5% 62	77.9% 60	70.2% 73	65.1% 41	68.5% 50	7	71.9% 312
Too little	5.1% 2	1.3% 1	6.5% 5	2.9% 3	4.8% 3	6.8% 5	0	4.4% 19
Right amount	25.6% 10	14.1% 11	14.3% 11	21.2% 22	20.6% 13	21.9% 16	1	19.1% 83
(VOL.) Don't know/Refused	2.6% 1	5.1% 4	1.3% 1	5.8% 6	9.5% 6	2.7% 2	0	4.6% 20
Missing	329	617	384	479	351	354	0	2514
TOTAL	100.0% 39	100.0% 78	100.0% 77	100.0% 104	100.0% 63	100.0% 73	8	434

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Too much	63.2% 12	77.2% 78	71.4% 115	71.9% 64	73.1% 19	33	72.7% 288
Too little	15.8% 3	2.0% 2	4.3% 7	5.6% 5	0.0% 0	1	4.3% 17
Right amount	15.8% 3	16.8% 17	19.9% 32	21.3% 19	26.9% 7	6	19.7% 78
(VOL.) Don't know/Refused	5.3% 1	4.0% 4	4.3% 7	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	7	3.3% 13
Missing	161	685	1046	346	112	0	2350
TOTAL	100.0% 19	100.0% 101	100.0% 161	100.0% 89	100.0% 26	47	396