Friday, June 15, 2018
Compared to those older and wiser baby boomers, millennials are more likely to land in the ER due to a DIY home improvement project gone wrong, says a survey from SoFi. Despite that, they are also way more eager to show off their project on social media.According to the survey, which reveals the differences between baby boomers' and millennials' approaches to DIY home improvement projects, while baby boomers are 22 percent more likely than millennials to reach the finish line on their DIY home improvement projects, millennials are 65 percent more likely than baby boomers to finish those projects ahead of schedule. But, millennials are 448 percent more likely than boomers to hire a professional the next time they embark on a home improvement project.
And that may very well be due not just to the time and energy it takes to complete a project, but the physical toll it takes, too:
- Millennials are 23 percent more likely than boomers to have landed in the ER due to a home improvement injury.
- Millennials are nearly two times (46 percent) as likely to have required stitches from a home improvement injury compared to boomers.
- Millennials are more than twice (119 percent) as likely to have been injured by power tools.
But even a visit to the ER won't deter millennials from showing off on social media. The survey found that Millennials are 443 percent more likely than baby boomers to make a purchase for their home based on something they saw on a friend's social media profile.
And once they're done with the job, millennials are 145 percent more likely than baby boomers to post photos of the finished project on social media. They're also not shy to admit why they've posted - they are 206 percent more likely than baby boomers to post photos of the finished product just to "show off."
Source: SoFi
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