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Personality Characteristics of Millennials 2015

Millennials: Which of the following words or phrases describe your generation?

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