Table 1.
Demographic Data by Pew Generation Categories
|
Total
Sample |
Millennials | GenX | Boomers | Silent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| Gender (X2 = 7.42) | ||||||||||
| Male | 452 | 47 | 116 | 45.13 | 133 | 49.81 | 173 | 44.39 | 30 | 62.50 |
| Female | 505 | 52.5 | 139 | 54.09 | 133 | 49.81 | 215 | 55.13 | 18 | 37.50 |
| Other | 5 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.78 | 1 | 0.37 | 2 | 0.51 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Race (X2 = 58.16)* | ||||||||||
| White | 759 | 77.9 | 182 | 70.82 | 210 | 78.65 | 322 | 82.56 | 35 | 72.92 |
| Black | 70 | 7.3 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 6.37 | 31 | 7.95 | 4 | 8.33 |
| Asian | 67 | 7.0 | 27 | 10.51 | 25 | 9.36 | 12 | 3.08 | 3 | 6.25 |
| NH-PI | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.39 | 1 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| AI-AN | 20 | 2.1 | 5 | 1.94 | 4 | 1.50 | 5 | 1.28 | 6 | 12.50 |
| Multiracial | 54 | 5.6 | 24 | 9.34 | 10 | 3.75 | 20 | 5.13 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Marital status (X2 = 228.61)* | ||||||||||
| Married | 414 | 43 | 50 | 19.46 | 145 | 54.31 | 194 | 49.74 | 25 | 52.08 |
| Divorced | 115 | 12 | 1 | 0.39 | 23 | 8.61 | 77 | 19.74 | 14 | 29.17 |
| Separated | 13 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.39 | 3 | 1.12 | 9 | 2.31 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Living with SO | 128 | 13.3 | 62 | 24.12 | 35 | 13.11 | 30 | 7.69 | 1 | 2.08 |
| SO not living together | 60 | 6.2 | 34 | 13.23 | 14 | 5.24 | 11 | 2.82 | 1 | 2.08 |
| Single | 232 | 24.1 | 109 | 42.41 | 47 | 17.6 | 69 | 17.69 | 7 | 14.58 |
| Sexual orientation (X2 = 8.54) | ||||||||||
| Heterosexual | 876 | 91.1 | 228 | 88.72 | 237 | 88.76 | 365 | 93.59 | 46 | 95.83 |
| Homosexual | 34 | 3.5 | 12 | 4.67 | 12 | 4.49 | 10 | 2.56 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bisexual | 52 | 5.4 | 17 | 6.61 | 18 | 6.74 | 15 | 3.85 | 2 | 4.17 |
| Level of education (X2 = 45.95)* | ||||||||||
| High school or equivalent | 111 | 11.5 | 29 | 11.28 | 31 | 11.61 | 45 | 11.54 | 6 | 12.50 |
| Associate’s | 91 | 9.5 | 15 | 5.84 | 33 | 12.36 | 42 | 10.77 | 1 | 2.08 |
| Some college | 285 | 29.6 | 104 | 40.47 | 72 | 26.97 | 98 | 25.13 | 11 | 22.92 |
| Bachelor’s | 334 | 34.7 | 86 | 33.46 | 90 | 33.71 | 140 | 35.9 | 18 | 37.50 |
| Master’s | 101 | 10.5 | 14 | 5.45 | 33 | 12.36 | 48 | 12.31 | 6 | 12.50 |
| Doctorate | 19 | 2.0 | 3 | 1.17 | 5 | 1.87 | 7 | 1.79 | 4 | 8.33 |
| Professional | 21 | 2.2 | 6 | 2.33 | 3 | 1.12 | 10 | 2.56 | 2 | 4.17 |
| Income (X2 = 54.31)* | ||||||||||
| Less than $20,000 | 173 | 18.0 | 67 | 26.1 | 28 | 10.5 | 71 | 18.2 | 7 | 14.6 |
| $20,000 to $30,000 | 171 | 17.8 | 51 | 19.8 | 47 | 17.6 | 66 | 16.9 | 7 | 14.6 |
| $31,000 to $40,000 | 121 | 12.6 | 36 | 14.0 | 31 | 11.6 | 53 | 13.6 | 1 | 2.1 |
| $41,000 to $60,000 | 194 | 20.2 | 40 | 15.6 | 69 | 25.8 | 73 | 18.7 | 12 | 25.0 |
| $61,000 to $80,000 | 132 | 13.7 | 26 | 10.1 | 41 | 15.4 | 57 | 14.6 | 8 | 16.7 |
| $81,000 to $100,000 | 80 | 8.3 | 16 | 6.2 | 23 | 8.6 | 31 | 7.9 | 10 | 20.8 |
| Over $100,000 | 77 | 8.0 | 16 | 6.2 | 26 | 9.7 | 34 | 8.7 | 1 | 2.1 |
| I don’t know | 14 | 1.5 | 5 | 1.9 | 2 | .7 | 5 | 1.3 | 2 | 4.2 |
| Physical health (X2 = 20.15) | ||||||||||
| Excellent | 161 | 16.7 | 39 | 15.18 | 53 | 19.85 | 60 | 15.38 | 9 | 18.75 |
| Very good | 345 | 35.9 | 89 | 34.63 | 101 | 37.83 | 134 | 34.36 | 21 | 43.75 |
| Good | 315 | 32.7 | 91 | 35.41 | 85 | 31.84 | 127 | 32.56 | 12 | 25.00 |
| Fair | 116 | 12.1 | 33 | 12.84 | 27 | 10.11 | 51 | 13.08 | 5 | 10.42 |
| Poor | 21 | 2.2 | 5 | 1.94 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3.85 | 1 | 2.08 |
| Very poor | 4 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.37 | 3 | 0.77 | 0 | 0.00 |
Chi-square comparisons significant at p <.001.