Age & Generations

reportNov 6, 2025

From how well they think they’re aging to how they rate their physical and mental health and financial security, older adults with upper incomes are doing better than those with middle or lower incomes.

Read more about: The lives of older adults | Financial concerns | Advice from older Americans | Estate planning | Looking younger

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short readsAug 28, 2009

The Beatles: Here, There, Everywhere

Half of all Americans like the Beatles a lot, placing them at the top of a 20-artist popularity contest.
reportAug 19, 2009

Teens and Mobile Phones Over the Past Five Years: Pew Internet Looks Back

The Project first surveyed teenagers about their mobile phones in 2004 when a survey showed that 45% of teens had a cell phone. Since then mobile phone use has climbed steadily among teens to 63% in 2006 and 71% in 2008.
reportAug 12, 2009

Forty Years After Woodstock, A Gentler Generation Gap

They have different values, beliefs and lifestyles, but young and old today are disagreeing without being disagreeable. Both also share a fondness for Woodstock-era rock and roll.
reportAug 7, 2009

Go West, Old Man

If a latter-day Ponce de Leon were to search for a modern fountain of youth, he’d do well to explore America’s West. There he’d find the highest concentration of older adults in the United States who don’t think of themselves as old.
short readsJul 13, 2009

Drivers Wanted

American life is driven by the automobile; not only is a car seen as an overwhelming necessity but most say not driving is a clear sign of old age.
short readsJul 13, 2009

Talkin’ ’bout my Generation

Most Americans believe there is a major difference between the views of younger and older people, and more than said so in 1969.
reportJun 29, 2009

Growing Old in America: Expectations vs. Reality

There is a sizable gap between the expectations that young and middle-aged adults have about old age and the actual experiences reported by older adults themselves.
short readsJun 15, 2009

Gen Next: More Liberal, More Active

Six-in-ten Gen Nexters completely agree that it is their duty to always vote.
short readsJun 15, 2009

Bar Tab Recession

Four-in-ten young adults say they have cut back spending on alcohol or cigarettes as a result of the recession.
reportJun 5, 2009

Gen Next Squeezed By Recession, But Most See Better Times Ahead

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The Beatles: Here, There, Everywhere

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Talkin’ ’bout my Generation

Gen Next: More Liberal, More Active

Bar Tab Recession

Gen Next Squeezed By Recession, But Most See Better Times Ahead

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