The data displays the results of a survey completed in 2015 among American Millennials regarding personality characteristics of their own generation. In 2015, 59% of surveyed Millennials responded that they consider their generation self-absorbed. Further results show that 49% believe that they are wasteful and 43% describe their generation as greedy.
Self-perception of Millennials Millennials tend to be critical of their own generation, associating a number of negative traits with it, like self-absorption, wastefulness and greed: 59 percent, 49% and 43% of Millennial respondents identified with these characteristics respectively.
Self-absorbed | 59 | 41 |
Wasteful | 49 | 51 |
Greedy | 43 | 57 |
Environmentally conscious | 40 | 60 |
Idealistic | 39 | 61 |
Hard working | 36 | 64 |
Entrepreneurial | 35 | 65 |
Tolerant | 33 | 67 |
Cynical | 31 | 69 |
Compassionate | 29 | 71 |
Self-reliant | 27 | 73 |
Responsible | 24 | 76 |
Moral | 17 | 83 |
Politically active | 17 | 83 |
Willing to sacrifice | 15 | 85 |
Patriotic | 12 | 88 |
Religious | 12 | 88 |
Rigid | 8 | 92 |