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- They don't like drugs or gay marriage, and they HATE tattoos: Is 'Generation Z' the most conservative since WW2?
- Youngsters, part of Generation Z, surveyed on range of social topics
- They were more conservative than some older generations on drugs
- Teenagers were more cash savvy than all but the prewar generation
- Experts think teens 'don't have enough time' to engage in 'risky activity'
- Teenagers born after 2000 - the so-called 'Generation Z' - are the most socially conservative generation since the Second World War, a new study has found.
- The youngsters surveyed had more conservative views on gay marriage, transgender rights and drugs than Baby Boomers, Generation X or Millennials.
- The questioned were more prudent than Millennials, Generation X and Baby Boomers but not quite as cash-savvy as those born in 1945 or before.
- As well as being more socially conservative, more than 10 per cent of teenagers were more likely to avoid tattoos
- As well as being more socially conservative, more than 10 per cent of teenagers were more likely to avoid tattoos
- Sociology experts class those born in or before 1945 as the Silent Generation; people born between 1946 and 1964 as Baby Boomers; those born between 1965 and 1980 as Generation X; and anyone born between 1980 and 2000 as Millennials.
- Only 14 and 15-year-olds were surveyed, by brand consultancy The Gild, as they were classed as being able to form credible opinions by that age.
- When asked to comment on same-sex marriage, transgender rights and cannabis legislation, 59 per cent of Generation X teenagers said they had conservative views.
- Around 85 per cent of Millennials and those in Generation X had a 'quite' or 'very liberal' stance overall.
- When asked for their specific view on each topic only the Silent Generation was more conservative that Generation Z.
- One in seven - 14% - of the 14 and 15-year-olds took a 'quite conservative' approach, while only two per cent of Millennials and one per cent of Generation X.
- The Silent Generation had a 'quite conservative' rating of 34 per cent.
- Young people, who have grown up during the 2008 financial crash, were also more prudent and careful with their finances. A quarter of respondents wanted to save money instead of spending cash they didn't have.
- The youngsters surveyed had more conservative views on gay marriage, transgender rights and drugs than their older siblings, parents and potentially even grandparents
- The youngsters surveyed had more conservative views on gay marriage, transgender rights and drugs than their older siblings, parents and potentially even grandparents
- Baby Boomers took a difference approach and said that 'money is made to be spent'.
- Again only the prewar generation came ahead of today's teenagers for holding an even more shrewd financial head.
- As well as being more socially conservative, more than 10 per cent of teenagers were more likely to avoid tattoos.
- This compared to only two per cent of Millennials and six per cent of Generation X.
- The research, which surveyed more than 2,000 people, forms parallels with recent evidence that young people are less likely to drink and take drugs than their immediate elders.
- Sir Mark Walport, the government's chief scientific adviser, told The Times that technology had had a huge effect on society and teenager's values.
- Computer games and internet use meant they had 'less time and opportunity to participate in traditional risky behaviours'.
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