Demographic Characteristics of Preliminary Y2K Attitude Study

February 1999

Larry D. Rosen, Ph.D. and Michelle M. Weil, Ph.D.

Demographic Characteristic

Percentage of Preliminary Sample


Male

49%

Female

51%


18-25

30%

26-35

27%

36-50

28%

51-64

11%

65 or older

4%


No High School Degree

5%

High School Degree

17%

Technical School Degree

4%

Some College

41%

College Degree

25%

Postgraduate Degree

9%


Not Married, No Children

45%

Not Married, Children

12%

Married, Children

16%

Married, No Children

27%


Asian/Asian American

12%

Black/African American

23%

Hispanic/Spanish Descent

27%

White/Caucasian

32%

Other - Unspecified

6%


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