Millennials in US Think They are ‘Greedy’ and ‘Wasteful’: Study

Pew conducted a study which says even millennials do not think highly of their generation.

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Even millennials, generally defined as being between 18 and 34, don’t think much of their generation.

A Pew study released Thursday shows 59% of millennials in the US described their generation as “self-absorbed.” Almost half — or 49 percent — said they were “wasteful,” and 43% said they were “greedy.”

The highest-ranking positive traits they came up with were “environmentally conscious” at 40% and “idealistic” at 39%.

Many millennials don’t even want to be identified as such.

In fact, 60% of them don’t even consider themselves to be part of the “millennial generation.” Instead, the study showed 33% said they are part of Generation X, those born from the early 1960s to the 1980s.

The poll was conducted using Pew’s American Trends Panel among 3,147 respondents, mostly interviewed online.

The margin of error is plus or minus 2.4% points.