Table 1.
Ipsative stability of the within-person value-type hierarchies (i.e., value-profile stability) in the period 2008–2020 within 4 generations and for all individuals.
| Generation | Central tendency | Dispersion | Percentiles | Shape | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Median | SD | Min | Max | 25th perc | 75th perc | Skewness | Kurtosis | |
| Silent-generation | .618 | .732 | .356 | −.911 | .996 | .515 | .864 | −1.862 | 3.748 |
| Baby-boomers | .643 | .722 | .283 | −.958 | 1.000 | .519 | .849 | −1.613 | 3.476 |
| Generation-X | .562 | .655 | .330 | −.970 | 1.000 | .402 | .798 | −1.476 | 2.665 |
| Millennials | .477 | .508 | .356 | −.895 | .983 | .292 | .765 | −.907 | 1.034 |
| Average across all generations | .610 | .702 | .316 | −.970 | 1.000 | .470 | .839 | −1.613 | 3.281 |
Significant values are in italics.