WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- The bipartisan Partnership for Public Service says the U.S. generation who came of age after Sept. 11, 2001, fear debt and joblessness more than terrorism.
A survey of college seniors and graduates of the class of 2005, most of whom were just weeks into their college careers when Muslim extremists killed nearly 3,000 U.S. residents, still fear terrorism, USA Today said Thursday.
They even expect another attack, but their greatest worry is debt and unemployment, the survey found.
When asked, "What are you most fearful of at this time?" only 13.4 percent said a terrorist attack; 32.4 percent answered "going deeply into debt," and 31.2 percent said "being unemployed."
The Internet survey of 805 randomly sampled students found more than 45 percent of respondents expected to graduate with more than $10,000 in college loans, and 20 percent more than $20,000 in debt. However, 27.5 percent said they would leave school debt-free.
