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Article: Rising Individualism and Growing Wallets Among Teens and Tweens - GfK NOP Announces Results of Annual Youth Report.
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- September 19, 2005
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NEW YORK, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- GfK NOP announced results from its 2005 Roper Youth Report that show 55% of today's youth saying they have their own way of doing things and are comfortable with and cling fiercely to their individuality. This figure is up eight percentage points from last year and represents a rising sense of individualism among America's teens and tweens, as well as a simultaneous jump in their spending power.
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