Most Gen Xers Wouldn’t Miss Cash

By  |  May 3, 2012
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Sixty-one percent of Americans aged 30 to 39 would prefer not having to carry cash at all, a new survey from MasterCard suggests. The percentage is significantly lower for baby boomers, where just 44 percent of respondents said they would prefer not to carry cash.

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    Overall, 73 percent of those surveyed said they use cash less often today as compared to 10 years ago.

    (MasterCard’s survey was based on responses from 1,048 adults, yielding a theoretical sampling error of +/- 3.0 percentage points.)

    Learn more about MasterCard’s findings here.


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