Demographic Characteristics of Y2K Studies

February 1999 and September 1999

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

Demographic Characteristic

February 1999

September 1999


Male

49%

49%

Female

51%

51%


18-25

30%

39%

26-35

27%

29%

36-50

28%

23%

51-64

11%

8%

65 or older

4%

2%


No High School Degree

5%

3%

High School Degree

17%

14%

Technical School Degree

4%

4%

Some College

41%

45%

College Degree

25%

25%

Postgraduate Degree

9%

8%


Not Married, No Children

45%

52%

Not Married, Children

12%

11%

Married, No Children

16%

11%

Married, Children

27%

26%


Asian/Asian American

12%

15%

Black/African American

23%

20%

Hispanic/Spanish Descent

27%

27%

White/Caucasian

32%

33%

Other - Unspecified

6%

5%


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