The new report by the Pew Research Center focused on the fact the majority of the millennials are leaning towards the democratic party, but many other points were made about the millennial generation, according to The Washington Post.
According to the report, the millennial generation does not seem to think other people are trustworthy, the Post reported.
Only 19 percent of millennials say that people can be trusted, a much lower number than the other three generations, according to the Post. In the study, Generation X covers people ages 34 to 49; Baby Boomers, defined as people 50 to 68; and the Silent Generation, 69 to 86.
The study also states nearly half of the Millennial generation, 49 percent, say the country's best days are still to come, more than Generation X with 42 percent, the Post reported.
Many millennials are optimistic about their financial situation going forward, with more than half of them, 53 percent, saying they don't earn enough money now but will down the line, according to the Post.
We already knew that the Great Recession and the ensuing recovery has been particularly rough on this generation, though millennials are optimistic about the future, other generations agree that today's young adults face a tougher economic situation than these generations did when they were younger, according to the study, the Post reported.
In addition to unemployment and stagnating wages, this generation is also looking at massive student loan debt, according to the Post. One in three older millennials have at least a four-year college degree, which makes them the best-educated batch of young adults in this country's history, Pew found.
Still, student loan debts remain a crushing problem for these college graduates, according to the Post. Pew found that two-thirds of people who recently graduated with bachelor's degrees have student loans to pay back, with an average student loan debt of about $27,000.
The issue of when it's okay to use a cellphone varies from generation to generation, the Pew study also showed. Overall, 72 percent of people believe you shouldn't check your phone at family dinner, 82 percent say you shouldn't use a phone during class, 81 percent say you should not use a phone during a meeting or 89 percent at a religious service.
Generation X and millennials think phones should be used more than older people, which is not terribly surprising, according to the Post. The one difference is that there's a category where Generation X actually supports more phone usage than millennials in business meetings.
