Study Publisher: ESET
Study Date: October 22 2012
Study URL: http://blog.eset.com/2012/10/18/younger-people-less-secure-online-than-their-elders-new-study-suggests

Study Overview:
"This survey was conducted online within the United States by Harris Interactive on behalf of ESET. From August 27-29, 2012 among 2,129 adults age 18+. This online survey is not based on a probability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated. For complete survey methodology, including weighting variables, please contact stephen dot cobb at eset dot com."

Additional data is taken from blog entry at http://blog.eset.com/2012/12/04/password-handling-challenges-costs-current-behavior-infographic

Statistics From This Study:

• How do people react to an email telling them to change their password?
• How do people remember their passwords?
• How frequently do people change the password for the online account they use most often?
• How many people also use their ATM PIN for their voicemail PIN
• Roughly half of people reuse a password for multiple user accounts
• The majority of people say they use numbers, letters, and symbols in passwords
• What do people think of using to create their passwords?