Table 1.
Sample demographics by generation.
| Generation 1: 1928–1945 Silent |
Generation 2: 1946–1964 Baby Boomers |
Generation 3: 1965–1980 Generation X |
Generation 4: 1981–1989 Millennials |
Total / Average | Design-based F (p-value) |
Comparisons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 476 (10.81%) | 1,860 (42.22%) | 1,111 (25.22%) | 958 (21.75%) | 4,405 | -- | -- |
| 59.06 (5.78) | 40.65 (5.65) | 27.56 (5.20) | 25.61 (4.66) | 36.06 (11.69) | 428.07 (.000) | 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 |
| 61.97% | 54.62% | 53.56% | 53.55% | 54.91% | -- | -- |
| 38.03% | 45.38% | 46.44% | 46.45% | 45.09% | 4.34 (.005) | 1 < 2,3,4 |
| 83.82% | 79.57% | 79.93% | 79.12% | 80.02% | -- | -- |
| 16.18% | 20.43% | 20.07% | 20.88% | 19.98% | 1.77 (.171) | 1=2=3=4 |
| 36.97% | 22.92% | 30.60% | 23.07% | 26.41% | 34.37 (.000) | 1 > 2,3 > 4 |
| 28.36% | 30.50% | 27.90% | 22.76% | 27.93% | 15.98 (.000) | 1,2,3 > 4 |
| 34.66% | 46.58% | 41.49% | 54.18% | 45.66% | -- | -- |
| 63.87% | 53.06% | 30.60% | 31.03% | 43.78% | -- | -- |
| 33.40% | 27.47% | 11.52% | 5.96% | 19.41% | 5.28 (.005) | 1,2,3 > 4 |
| 2.73% | 19.46% | 57.88% | 63.01% | 36.81% | 8.06 (.000) | 3,4 > 2 > 1 |
| 6.09% | 37.74% | 26.28% | 22.44% | 28.10% | 1.98 (.139) | 1=2=3=4 |
| 6.26 (2.74) | 6.33 (2.93) | 5.31 (2.60) | 4.98 (2.37) | 5.77 (2.78) | 9.59 (.000) | 1,2 > 3,4 |
Notes: Comparison groups were as follows: sex (male), race (white), Education (more than high school), marital status (married), ever diagnosed (no). All Comparisons except sex and race / ethnicity adjusted for age at last interview.