<P> According to a cross-generational study comparing Millennials to Generation X conducted at Wharton School of Business, more than half of Millennial undergraduates surveyed do not plan to have children . The researchers compared surveys of the Wharton graduating class of 1992 and 2012 . In 1992, 78% of women planned to eventually have children dropping to 42% in 2012 . The results were similar for male students . The research revealed among both genders the proportion of undergraduates who reported they eventually planned to have children had dropped in half over the course of a generation . </P> <P> In the U.S., Millennials are the least likely to be religious . There is a trend towards irreligion that has been increasing since the 1940s . 29 percent of Americans born between 1983 and 1994 are irreligious, as opposed to 21 percent born between 1963 and 1981, 15 percent born between 1948 and 1962 and only 7 percent born before 1948 . A 2005 study looked at 1,385 people aged 18 to 25 and found that more than half of those in the study said that they pray regularly before a meal . One - third said that they discussed religion with friends, attended religious services, and read religious material weekly . Twenty - three percent of those studied did not identify themselves as religious practitioners . A Pew Research Center study on Millennials shows that of those between 18--29 years old, only 3% of these emerging adults self - identified as "atheists" and only 4% self - identified as "agnostics". Overall, 25% of Millennials are "Nones" and 75% are religiously affiliated . </P> <P> Over half of Millennials polled in the United Kingdom in 2013 said they had "no religion nor attended a place of worship", other than for a wedding or a funeral . 25% said they "believe in a God", while 19% believed in a "spiritual greater power" and 38% said they did not believe in God nor any other "greater spiritual power". The poll also found 41% thought religion was "the cause of evil" in the world more often than good . </P> <P> In their 2007 book, authors Junco and Mastrodicasa expanded on the work of William Strauss and Neil Howe to include research - based information about the personality profiles of Millennials, especially as it relates to higher education . They conducted a large - sample (7,705) research study of college students . They found that Next Generation college students, born between 1983--1992, were frequently in touch with their parents and they used technology at higher rates than people from other generations . In their survey, they found that 97% of these students owned a computer, 94% owned a mobile phone, and 56% owned an MP3 player . They also found that students spoke with their parents an average of 1.5 times a day about a wide range of topics . Other findings in the Junco and Mastrodicasa survey revealed 76% of students used instant messaging, 92% of those reported multitasking while instant messaging, 40% of them used television to get most of their news, and 34% of students surveyed used the Internet as their primary news source . Older Millennials came of age prior to widespread usage and availability of smartphones, defined as those born 1988 and earlier, in contrast to younger Millennials, those born in 1989 and later, who were exposed to this technology in their teen years . </P>

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