Survey participants were asked to pick one of the following words to describe how they feel when they think about the next ten years. Four in five Boomers expressed a positive outlook about the future. Here's the breakdown by gender, age, and jurisdiction.
| Total Responses | Male | Female | Early Boomer |
Late Boomer | NC* | NE* | SC* | SE* | W* | |
| Hopeful | 56% | 50% | 60% | 55% | 56% | 55% | 56% | 56% | 56% | 57% |
| Confident | 26% | 33% | 22% | 27% | 26% | 32% | 26% | 24% | 23% | 27% |
| Anxious | 14% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 15% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| Fearful | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 0% |
| Apathetic | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% |
Participants were asked to choose one answer to the question: "As you think about the next 10 years, which of the following will be society's greatest economic concern?"
| Total Responses | Male | Female | Early Boomer |
Late Boomer | NC* | NE* | SC* | SE* | W* | |
| Paying for Social Security & Medicare | 22% | 21% | 22% | 23% | 21% | 21% | 28% | 19% | 19% | 19% |
| Balancing Federal Budget | 10% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 12% | 11% | 6% |
| Healthcare costs for a growing older adult population | 36% | 32% | 39% | 38% | 35% | 37% | 31% | 38% | 44% | 27% |
| Growing gap between rich & poor | 24% | 27% | 22% | 24% | 23% | 24% | 24% | 22% | 17% | 39% |
| Other | 7% | 9% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 6% | 8% | 10% | 5% | 7% |
"Other" responses include: reducing taxes, teaching people to live within their means, and ending the need for welfare by helping those who depend on those benefits to help themselves.
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