Top Concerns of Young Adults
April 14th, 2005 Posted in SocietyThe following percentages of young adults ages 18-25 claimed to be “very worried” about the issues listed below:
35% – Getting a sexually transmitted disease.
26% – Grades at school.
23% – Finding a job after school.
19% – Maintaining good relationships with friends.
18% – Getting along with parents.
18% – Relationship with God.
15% – Deciding who to vote for.
11% – Making sure you are contributing to your community.
7% – Finding a spouse.
4% – Finding a boyfriend or girlfriend.
(Reboot poll, link via CT’s weblog)
Since I’m on the tail end of that age bracket (for another two months) it seems fitting that my worries hardly line up. It’s amazing that sexually transmitted diseases are the top worry. Equally amazing that finding a spouse or even a boyfriend/girlfriend are so low on the list (they obviously didn’t interview many Christian college students).
But spirituality is still important for young adults, though it increasingly becomes a mish-mash of beliefs. Elizabeth Koke mixes Catholicism, Wicca, feminism and a strong belief in gay rights, which has allowed her to return to the church. Her bottom line? “I wanted to believe in God.”
The Boston Globe offers profiles of the spiritual lives of several young adults.
