2. FACT #1
80% of millennials sleep with their phones next to their beds.
3. FACT #2
40% regularly cook or bake while using their
tablet, 38% watch TV, 27% get ready/get
dressed, 32% do housework, 22% go shopping
at a store and 41% talk on a cell phone.
4. FACT #3
Over 63% of
generation Y
workers have a
Bachelor's degree,
but an astonishing
48% actually work
jobs that don't
require a 4-year
degree.
5. FACT #4
No social media at
work? No way! 56% say
that they wouldn't take
a job at a company that
bans social media.
6. FACT #5
In the US, the share of 25-year-olds with student debt increased to 43% last year
from 25 % in 2003 - with student debt totals at a whopping $1 trillion.
7. FACT #6
Only 60% actually have
a job, 50% of them are
part-time employed.
8. FACT #7
One in two millennials do not believe social
security will be there for them when they retire.
9. FACT #8
44% of the millennial generation feels that marriage is becoming obsolete.
10. FACT #9
46% of generation Y plan on starting
their own business in the next 5 years.
11. FACT #10
In China, 83% percent of millennials believe that
their “generation tends to care more about
improving the world than other generations,” and
90 percent say that their generation is thinking less
about “me” and more about what “we” can do
together to address global issues.
12. FACT #11
76% own a
smartphone, with
those in Asia topping
the list at 83%. In
Western Europe the
figures come to 79%,
while in the US they
stand at 71%.
