DATA

By Date

A&S Brands and Marketing

SUMMER / FALL 2015

A quantitative overview of youth's opinions of and preferences regarding brands and marketers' depictions of adulthood.

A&S Education

SUMMER / FALL 2015

A quantitative overview of youth's attitudes and preferences surrounding education, specifically college.

A&S Dating And Relationships

SUMMER / FALL 2015

A quantitative overview of youth's attitudes and behaviors surrounding friendship, dating, relationships, and marriage.

A&S Home and Family

SUMMER / FALL 2015

A quantitative overview of young adults' attitudes and behaviors surrounding home and family.

True To Self

SUMMER / FALL 2015

The concept of digital identity is changing for today’s youth, as their emerging behaviors on social media reflect a newfound self-awareness.

Duty Free

SUMMER / FALL 2015

Young consumers are redefining grown-up responsibilities, and, in doing so, they are finding time for a new set of adult priorities.

Open House

SUMMER / FALL 2015

As Ys are less likely to be homeowners than were their predecessors, they’re seeking aspects of home in other ways that better address their generational needs.

No Kid(ding)

SUMMER / FALL 2015

A growing number of Ys are choosing a child-free lifestyle and are reshaping adulthood to focus on areas other than child-rearing.

For Love And Money

SUMMER / FALL 2015

At work, young people’s quest to “make meaning” is being overtaken by a burgeoning desire for high salaries.

Dollars And Sense

SUMMER / FALL 2015

Traditional financial institutions aren’t speaking to young adults in relevant ways, causing them to seek alternative fiscal tools.

The Optimization Generation

SUMMER / FALL 2015

Young people are optimizing the ways they work, socialize, and shop in a shift that signifies a newfound self-awareness.

Soloists

SUMMER / FALL 2015

Spending time alone in public has become a key marker of adulthood as young people increasingly see it as an opportunity to build independence.

Friends With Benefits

SUMMER / FALL 2015

Ys approach friendship with deeper commitment and are seeking more support from friends in return as they navigate adulthood on their own terms.

The New Age

SUMMER / FALL 2015

Young adults are squashing preconceptions of age by engaging in behaviors associated with both those younger and older than them.

All In Good Time

SUMMER / FALL 2015

Young adults understand that “having it all” requires ongoing flexibility and constant tradeoffs, and they recalibrate their goals accordingly.