<p>It’s an error. I changed my answer and then changed it back, and when you do that it shows that 87% of the Silent Generation grew up with married parents, while only 67% of the Millennial Generation did.</p>
<p>There’s also an error with the daily newspaper one. I read the newspaper every day and have a subscription the New York Times. But apparently only 43% of Millennials read the newspaper daily, while 73% of Silent Generation members do. (But when you answer it the first time, the numbers are reversed - it looks like Millennials are more likely to read the newspaper than the Silent Generation.) BUT I also think that has to do with interpretation of the question. I do read the newspaper every day - several, actually - but I do it digitally, and to me that counts. Some Millennials may have interpreted the question as meaning only a paper newspaper. And other Millennials may not actually navigate to a newspaper site every day, but they do get the news through Facebook or Twitter posts or in the course of doing a search and reading Google News.</p>
<p>I got a 94, which makes sense because I am a Millennial, albeit on the older end (27). Apparently, planning to get a landline (I want both a landline and a cell phone) drops my score to 86.</p>
<p>I’m an early boomer. Had a 57 when answering no to watching TV in the past 24 hours because I haven’t. But usually I would so I changed it to yes. Got a 38 after that. That’s a big difference for one question.</p>
<p>Since some people are saying that their lack of tattoos and piercings lowered their score, I decided to test it. I removed my “Yes” to piercing and it didn’t greatly affect my score. </p>
<p>97.</p>
<p>The largest effect on my score would be if I only used the landline. I would have dropped to 88. </p>
<p>The description of how they score you is interesting: </p>
<p>"The 14 questions don’t have equal importance. Some are very powerful predictors of being a typical Millennial (for example, having a social networking profile); others less so (for example, self-identifying as a liberal). After you took the quiz just now, each of your answers was weighted separately to produce your overall score.</p>
<p>Actually, it’s even more complicated than that. The impact of each question on your score depends on your answers to the other 13 questions. If you have a very low score, a “typical Millennial” response to a single question probably won’t raise it very much. Similarly, if you have a very high score, a “typical non-Millennial” response to a single question probably won’t lower it much. The impact of individual questions is usually strongest on scores in middle range.</p>
<p>Believe it or not, anyone taking this quiz can give 442,368 different combinations of answers to the 14 questions.1 When you completed the quiz, our software program took a look at your particular combination, did a few nano-seconds of math, and spit out the score that represents your predicted probability of resembling the typical Millennial." </p>
<p>I got an 18 (Baby Boomer). I’m… 17 years old.</p>
<p>I don’t watch tv, don’t own a cell phone, and don’t use social networks, so I guess that’s the reason, even though I’m very “millennial” in terms of personal beliefs (not religious, support interracial marriage, etc).</p>
<p>I got a 49 and am chronologically a boomer. I guess I’d need some piercings and tatoos and to watch TV to get a bit higher. Oh well, it’s fine. I have kids who are clearly millennial, even tho they similarly don’t have piercings or tattoos. I guess if I count the online stuff about the missing plane, I did watch TV, even tho it was on my iPad mini. Maybe I’m a millennial wannabe. ;)</p>
<p>I got a 25; smack in the middle of the Boomers (actual age puts me there as well) even though, like 17yo overlapped, I have “millennial” personal beliefs. No piercings or tattoos, I do not text every day, and I do not watch TV. I do read a daily newspaper, albeit online - wish my children would get into that habit.</p>
<p>You guys gotta be kidding!! How can you guys (parents) get over 50 points??? I only got 19 points and I am 46.
I’m shocked! Calling the government official might be it. I did that for my work, but should I count it? I would never call government official unless it’s for work.</p>
<p>Overlapped, are you sure you are 17 years old? Maybe you should be proud that you are one of a kind!</p>