Table 3.
Study 2 descriptive statistics by generation
| Variable | Matures (n = 41,640) |
Baby Boomers (n = 75,214) |
Generation X (n = 47,561) |
Generation Y (n = 56,597) |
Generation Z (n = 3302) |
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| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | |
| Age of respondents | 71.37 | 6.65 | 54.99 | 7.56 | 39.87 | 6.15 | 26.07 | 6.52 | 17.28 | 1.63 |
| Religiosity | 0.33 | 0.91 | 0.03 | 0.86 | − 0.10 | 0.84 | − 0.19 | 0.82 | − 0.20 | 0.83 |
| Conservation | 4.57 | 0.78 | 4.31 | 0.82 | 4.20 | 0.81 | 4.12 | 0.80 | 4.07 | 0.78 |
| Self-transcendence | 4.90 | 0.68 | 4.92 | 0.66 | 4.91 | 0.65 | 4.91 | 0.65 | 4.95 | 0.66 |
| Openness to change | 3.77 | 0.85 | 3.99 | 0.81 | 4.17 | 0.79 | 4.46 | 0.76 | 4.62 | 0.71 |
| Self-enhancement | 3.25 | 0.96 | 3.36 | 0.96 | 3.56 | 0.95 | 3.81 | 0.93 | 3.87 | 0.90 |