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Council on Public Polls: </font> </p> <p></p> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">How this poll was conducted: This SurveyUSA poll was conducted by telephone in the voice of a professional announcer. Respondent households were selected at random, using Random Digit Dialed (RDD) sample provided by Survey Sampling, of Fairfield CT, unless otherwise indicated on the individual poll report. All respondents heard the questions asked identically. Within the report, you will find: the geography that was surveyed; the date(s) interviews were conducted and the news organization(s) that paid for the research. The number of respondents who answered each question and the margin of sampling error for each question are provided. Where necessary, responses were weighted according to age, gender, ethnic origin, geographical area and number of adults and number of voice telephone lines in the household, so that the sample would reflect the actual demographic proportions in the population, using most recent U.S.Census estimates. In theory, with the stated sample size, one can say with 95% certainty that the results would not vary by more than the stated margin of sampling error, in one direction or the other, had the entire universe of respondents been interviewed with complete accuracy. There are other possible sources of error in all surveys that may be more serious than theoretical calculations of sampling error. These include refusals to be interviewed, question wording and question order, weighting by demographic control data and the manner in which respondents are filtered (such as, determining who is a likely voter). It is difficult to quantify the errors that may result from these factors. Fieldwork for this survey was done by SurveyUSA of Clifton, NJ.</font></p> <P><FONT face="Arial" size="2" class="titleTX">Definitions</FONT></P> <P><FONT face="Arial" size="2">For those survey results which include data crosstabbed by "generation" the definitions are:  </FONT></P> <font size="2"> <P><FONT face="Arial"></FONT> </P> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#000000"> <tr> <td width="80" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="tableTXbold"><div align="center"><FONT face="Arial">Generation </SPAN></FONT></div> </td> <td width="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="tableTXbold"><div align="center"><FONT face="Arial">Birth Years </SPAN></FONT></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" class="tableTX"><div align="left"><FONT face="Arial"> Gen Y </SPAN></FONT></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" class="tableTX"><div align="left"><FONT face="Arial"> 1979 to present </SPAN></FONT></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" class="tableTX"><div align="left"><FONT face="Arial"> Gen X </SPAN></FONT></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" class="tableTX"><div align="left"><FONT face="Arial"> 1966 to 1978 </SPAN></FONT></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" class="tableTX"><div align="left"><FONT face="Arial"> Jones</SPAN></FONT></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" class="tableTX"><div align="left"><FONT face="Arial"> 1954 to 1965 </SPAN></FONT></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" class="tableTX"><div align="left"><FONT face="Arial"> Boomers</SPAN></FONT></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" class="tableTX"><div align="left"><FONT face="Arial"> 1942 to 1953 </SPAN></FONT></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" class="tableTX"><div align="left"><FONT face="Arial"> Mature</SPAN></FONT></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" class="tableTX"><div align="left"><FONT face="Arial"> 1941 and before </SPAN></FONT></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><FONT color="blue" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue"><FONT face="Arial" color="black" size="2"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">For those survey results which include a "Region" crosstab, the regions are defined <a href="/SurveyUSARegionalDefinitions061121.htm"> here.</a></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></p> <p><FONT face="Arial"></FONT> </p> </font> <p></p> </span><p> </p> </td> <td width="10"><br> <p> </p> <p></p> <p> </p> <p></p> </td> </tr> </table> </form> </body> </html>