Here's how the survey's respondents from each generation answered the questions, along with the total for the whole sample.
| Total | Millennial | Gen X | Boomers | Silent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981+ | 1965-80 | 1946-64 | 1928-45 | ||
| % | % | % | % | % | |
| In the past 24 hours, did you watch more than an hour of television programming, or not? | |||||
| Yes | 71 | 57 | 67 | 78 | 82 |
| No | 29 | 43 | 33 | 22 | 18 |
| In the past 24 hours, did you read a daily newspaper, or not? | |||||
| Yes | 55 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 73 |
| No | 45 | 57 | 50 | 41 | 26 |
| In the past 24 hours, did you play video games, or not? | |||||
| Yes | 16 | 28 | 14 | 15 | 6 |
| No | 84 | 72 | 86 | 85 | 93 |
| Thinking about your telephone use, do you have … | |||||
| Only a landline phone in your home | 11 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 35 |
| Only a cell phone | 21 | 41 | 24 | 13 | 5 |
| Landline and cell phone | 68 | 53 | 68 | 81 | 60 |
| In the past 24 hours, about how many text messages, if any, did you send and receive on your cell phone? | |||||
| No text messages | 53 | 20 | 37 | 65 | 96 |
| 1 to 9 text messages | 20 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 3 |
| 10 to 49 text messages | 16 | 27 | 25 | 10 | 1 |
| 50 or more text messages | 11 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| How important is being successful in a high-paying career or profession to you personally? | |||||
| One of the most important | 9 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 5 |
| Very important but not the most | 36 | 47 | 40 | 28 | 28 |
| Somewhat important | 34 | 27 | 33 | 41 | 32 |
| Not important | 21 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 32 |
| Do you think more people of different races marrying each other is a … | |||||
| Good thing for society | 24 | 34 | 27 | 18 | 15 |
| Bad thing for society | 13 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 26 |
| Doesn't make much difference | 61 | 60 | 62 | 65 | 52 |
| In the past 12 months, have you contacted a government official, or not? | |||||
| Yes | 33 | 26 | 34 | 41 | 27 |
| No | 67 | 74 | 66 | 59 | 73 |
| Have you ever created your own profile on any social networking site such as MySpace, Facebook or LinkedIn, or haven't you done this? | |||||
| Yes | 41 | 75 | 50 | 30 | 6 |
| No/Not an internet user | 58 | 26 | 50 | 70 | 94 |
| How important is living a very religious life to you personally? | |||||
| One of the most important | 20 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 24 |
| Very important but not the most | 35 | 28 | 34 | 38 | 44 |
| Somewhat important | 25 | 30 | 26 | 23 | 19 |
| Not important | 19 | 26 | 20 | 17 | 10 |
| Were your parents married during most of the time you were growing up, or not? | |||||
| Married | 76 | 62 | 71 | 85 | 87 |
| Not married (includes divorced, separated, widowed or never married) | 22 | 37 | 28 | 14 | 11 |
| Do you have a tattoo, or not? | |||||
| Yes | 23 | 38 | 32 | 15 | 6 |
| No | 77 | 62 | 68 | 85 | 94 |
| Do you have a piercing in a place other than your ear lobe, or not? | |||||
| Yes | 8 | 23 | 9 | 1 | * |
| No | 92 | 77 | 91 | 99 | 100 |
| In general, would you describe your political views as … | |||||
| Conservative | 40 | 29 | 38 | 44 | 50 |
| Moderate | 32 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 29 |
| Liberal | 21 | 29 | 25 | 17 | 12 |
Don't know responses not shown. Based on data from the 2010 Millennials Survey.


