![]() ![]() The answers to these questions are unambiguous. 3 In addition, the new survey attempted to find out whether these differences translated into conflicts between the generations - either in society at large, or at home between parents and children. Specifically, the survey asked whether or not young people and older people differ on eight core values or traits: their work ethic, moral values, religious beliefs, racial and social tolerance, musical preferences, use of new technology, political beliefs and the respect they show others. To answer these questions, the Pew Research Center conducted a new survey to probe more deeply into today’s generation gap. ![]() How could the generation gap today be as large as or even larger than it was in the tumultuous 1960s when the mantra of the young was, “Don’t trust anyone over 30”? Might the term “generation gap” mean something different now than it did then - if the phrase retains any meaning at all? ![]() The recent Pew Research finding raised some intriguing questions. A Pew Research Center survey released earlier this summer found that 79% of the public says there is a generation gap, defined in the question as “a major difference in the point of view of younger people and older people today.” That’s nearly 20 percentage points higher than in 1979 when the same question was asked in a national survey by CBS and The New York Times, and it’s marginally greater than the 74% of adults who reported a generation gap in a 1969 Gallup survey. ![]()
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