how often they experience being fearful, pessimistic?
There is a statistically significant difference between age groups in how often they experience expecting the worst, constantly fearful of what might happen, pessimistic. Younger people more often than older people report that they are expecting the worst, being constantly fearful of what might happen, pessimistic. For instance, about 20 percent of people up to age thirty-five are fearful and pessimistic on a daily basis vs. about 13 percent for people thirty-six and older. Among the younger people (up to age thirty-five) about 47 percent report never or rarely feeling this way while about 62 percent of people thirty-six and older rarely or never feel this way.
