Survey participants were asked to check all of the following that they had experienced.
| Marriage | 94% | Death of a spouse | 3% |
| Death of a parent | 43% | Acte illness (cancer, stroke, etc.) | 7% |
| Military service | 11% | Physical or sexual abuse | 10% |
| "Born again" | 33% | Remarriage | 18% |
| Chronic illness (arthritis, hearing loss, etc.) | 13% | Abortion | 8% |
| Tried illegal drugs | 28% | Career Change | 53% |
| Religious experience/conversion | 44% | Parent in a blended family | 11% |
| Divorce | 22% | Parent(s) living with you | 5% |
| Death of a child | 3% | Caring for aging parent(s) | 20% |
| Job loss | 26% | First in family to graduate from college | 27% |
Of these life experiences, the ones that had the greatest impact on the lives of respondents are shown in the chart below:
| Total Responses | Male | Female | Early Boomer |
Late Boomer | NC* | NE* | SC* | SE* | W* | |
| Marriage | 34% | 42% | 28% | 33% | 34% | 35% | 37% | 33% | 26% | 36% |
| Divorce | 7% | 5% | 8% | 25% | 19% | 7% | 4% | 7% | 9% | 11% |
| Death of a parent | 9% | 8% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Religious experience or conversion/"born again"** | 28% | 27% | 29% | 27% | 30% | 24% | 26% | 33% | 31% | 31% |
| Career change | 53% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 57% | 57% | 46% |
| Tried illegal drugs | 28% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 27% | 24% | 40% |
**For this section "born again" and religious experience or conversion were combined.
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