Pew Social & Demographic Trends » Millennials

Young Adults After the Recession: Fewer Homes, Fewer Cars, Less Debt

Richard Fry — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:50:53 +0000

Overview After running up record debt-to-income ratios during the bubble economy of the 2000s, young adults shed substantially more debt than older adults did during the Great Recession and its immediate aftermath—mainly by virtue of owning fewer houses and cars, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of Federal Reserve Board and other government [...]

The Big Generation Gap at the Polls Is Echoed in Attitudes on Budget Tradeoffs

Kim Parker — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:58:32 +0000

Overview The record generation gap that played out at the voting booth in the last two presidential elections is echoed by large differences by age in attitudes about the tradeoff between reducing the federal deficit and preserving entitlements for older adults, according to a new nationwide Pew Research Center survey. Older adults by a lopsided [...]

Record Shares of Young Adults Have Finished Both High School and College

Richard Fry and Kim Parker — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:20:33 +0000

Overview Record shares of young adults are completing high school, going to college and finishing college, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of newly available census data. In 2012, for the first time ever, one-third of the nation’s 25- to 29-year-olds have completed at least a bachelor’s degree. These across-the-board increases have occurred despite [...]

The Boomerang Generation

Kim Parker — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:55:30 +0000

If there’s supposed to be a stigma attached to living with mom and dad through one’s late twenties or early thirties, today’s “boomerang generation” didn’t get that memo.

Young, Underemployed and Optimistic

Pew Social Trends Staff — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:15 +0000

Young adults hit hard by the recession. A plurality of the public believes young adults, rather than middle-aged or older adults, are having the toughest time in today’s economy.

The Generation Gap and the 2012 Election

Pew Social Trends Staff — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:28:32 +0000

In the last four national elections, generational differences have mattered more than they have in decades. According to the exit polls, younger people have voted substantially more Democratic than other age groups in each election since 2004, while older voters have cast more ballots for Republican candidates in each election since 2006.

For Millennials, Parenthood Trumps Marriage

Wendy Wang and Paul Taylor — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:00:13 +0000

Today’s 18 to 29 year olds – members of the so-called Millennial Generation – see parenthood and marriage differently than today’s thirty-somethings (members of Generation X) did back when they were in their late teens and twenties, according to a new analysis of Pew Research Center survey findings. Unlike their older counterparts, Millennials value parenthood much more than marriage.

The Return of the Multi-Generational Family Household

Pew Social Trends Staff — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0000

The multi-generational American family household is staging a comeback -- driven in part by the job losses and home foreclosures of recent years, but more so by demographic changes that have been gathering steam for decades.

Quiz: How Millennial Are You?

Pew Social Trends Staff — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:28:51 +0000

Take our 14 item quiz and we’ll tell you how "Millennial" you are, on a scale from 0 to 100, by comparing your answers with those of respondents to a scientific nationwide survey. You can also find out how you stack up against others your age.

Interactive: A Portrait of Five Generations

Pew Social Trends Staff — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:15:56 +0000

In 2008, a record 14.6% of all new marriages in the United States were between spouses of a different race or ethnicity from one another. Rates varied by region, by state and racial group.