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The millennial bug
— public attitudes on the living standards of different generations | | Author(s) | Hannah Shrimpton, Gideon Skinner, Suzanne Hall |
| Corporate Author | Resolution Foundation; Intergenerational Commission; Ipsos MORI |
| Publisher | Resolution Foundation, London, 9 September 2017 |
| Pages | 62 pp |
| Source | http://www.resolutionfoundation.org/app/uploads/20... |
| Keywords | Cost of living ; Attitude ; Older people ; Young adults [20-25] ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | The Resolution Foundation commissioned this report from Ipsos MORI, which is in two main sections: what people think about each generation's living standards; and what has caused these differences and what should be done. Housing, jobs and retirement living standards are identified as key concerns: relatively little blame is placed on the actions of generations themselves. Findings are based on an online survey of 2,179 British adults aged 16-75 in May 2017, and a workshop with members of different generations in London in June 2017. The report finds that Britons no longer think young people will have a better life than previous generations: about half of adults (48%) believe that millennials will have a worse life than their parents. Such pessimism extends to millennials themselves: one third (33%) would prefer to have grown up at the time when their parents were children. Only 15% of baby boomers would rather be growing up today. The workshop found high levels of intergenerational solidarity, with sympathy from older generations about the challenges faced by young people, and little resentment among the young towards older people's more favourable circumstances. While two thirds of adults recognised the challenges faced by the young, only 23% thought that older people should make sacrifices to help out younger generations. Annexes provide detail on the methodology, and a copy of the questionnaire used in the online survey. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170912001 B |
| Classmark | J3C: DP: B: SD6: 3F |
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