Forty Years After Woodstock, A Gentler Generation Gap

According to a new survey, forty years after the Woodstock music festival glorified and exacerbated the generational fractures in American life, the public today says there are big differences between younger and older adults in their values, use of technology, work ethic, and respect and tolerance for others. But this modern generation gap is a much more subdued affair than the one that raged in the 1960s, for relatively few Americans of any age see it as a source of conflict -- either in society at large or in their own families.

This survey was conducted July 20 through Aug. 2 by PSRAI for the Pew Research Center among 1,815 people ages 16 and older. To view more from this survey, click here.

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