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28 October 2019

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For this week's poll, we thought it would be interesting to see how many of these 21st century life skills you can actually do, pitting the younger generation against the older generation. Please tick ALL you feel you could do to a competent level.

For this week's poll, we thought it would be interesting to see how many of these 21st century life skills you can actually do, pitting the younger generation against the older generation.

Please tick ALL you feel you could do to a competent level.

Results

I'm female aged under 40 (4894 people)

Wire a plug		1860 votes (38%)
Back up a computer		3446 votes (70%)
Put up a shelf straight		2758 votes (56%)
Fill in a tax return		2309 votes (47%)
Change a car wheel		1204 votes (25%)
Use chopsticks		2896 votes (59%)
Change a nappy		3760 votes (77%)
Build a campfire		2406 votes (49%)
Parallel park a car		3894 votes (80%)
Sew a button on a shirt		4255 votes (87%)
Boil an egg (so the middle's runny)		4159 votes (85%)
Drive overseas (on the other side of the road)		2037 votes (42%)
Read your energy meter		4311 votes (88%)
Put up wallpaper (straight and neat)		1363 votes (28%)
Put together a flat-pack wardrobe		3989 votes (82%)
Back up and reinstall your smartphone apps		3999 votes (82%)
Keep a plant alive		3879 votes (79%)
Photoshop a picture		2677 votes (55%)
Replace a bike chain		1224 votes (25%)
Perform CPR		3128 votes (64%)
Unblock a drain		3242 votes (66%)

I'm female aged 40+ (13400 people)

Wire a plug		10952 votes (82%)
Back up a computer		8464 votes (63%)
Put up a shelf straight		7438 votes (56%)
Fill in a tax return		10283 votes (77%)
Change a car wheel		5289 votes (39%)
Use chopsticks		7822 votes (58%)
Change a nappy		11990 votes (89%)
Build a campfire		8345 votes (62%)
Parallel park a car		10804 votes (81%)
Sew a button on a shirt		13212 votes (99%)
Boil an egg (so the middle's runny)		12887 votes (96%)
Drive overseas (on the other side of the road)		6896 votes (51%)
Read your energy meter		12869 votes (96%)
Put up wallpaper (straight and neat)		7156 votes (53%)
Put together a flat-pack wardrobe		9949 votes (74%)
Back up and reinstall your smartphone apps		7584 votes (57%)
Keep a plant alive		12074 votes (90%)
Photoshop a picture		5786 votes (43%)
Replace a bike chain		4028 votes (30%)
Perform CPR		8858 votes (66%)
Unblock a drain		10219 votes (76%)

I'm male aged under 40 (2415 people)

Wire a plug		1710 votes (71%)
Back up a computer		2200 votes (91%)
Put up a shelf straight		1897 votes (79%)
Fill in a tax return		1283 votes (53%)
Change a car wheel		1628 votes (67%)
Use chopsticks		1520 votes (63%)
Change a nappy		1383 votes (57%)
Build a campfire		1653 votes (68%)
Parallel park a car		2152 votes (89%)
Sew a button on a shirt		1434 votes (59%)
Boil an egg (so the middle's runny)		1946 votes (81%)
Drive overseas (on the other side of the road)		1635 votes (68%)
Read your energy meter		2275 votes (94%)
Put up wallpaper (straight and neat)		760 votes (31%)
Put together a flat-pack wardrobe		2216 votes (92%)
Back up and reinstall your smartphone apps		2225 votes (92%)
Keep a plant alive		1969 votes (82%)
Photoshop a picture		1500 votes (62%)
Replace a bike chain		1494 votes (62%)
Perform CPR		1433 votes (59%)
Unblock a drain		1827 votes (76%)

I'm male aged 40+ (5428 people)

Wire a plug		5325 votes (98%)
Back up a computer		4506 votes (83%)
Put up a shelf straight		4952 votes (91%)
Fill in a tax return		4546 votes (84%)
Change a car wheel		5000 votes (92%)
Use chopsticks		3136 votes (58%)
Change a nappy		4034 votes (74%)
Build a campfire		4324 votes (80%)
Parallel park a car		5105 votes (94%)
Sew a button on a shirt		4593 votes (85%)
Boil an egg (so the middle's runny)		5038 votes (93%)
Drive overseas (on the other side of the road)		4388 votes (81%)
Read your energy meter		5312 votes (98%)
Put up wallpaper (straight and neat)		3586 votes (66%)
Put together a flat-pack wardrobe		5112 votes (94%)
Back up and reinstall your smartphone apps		3609 votes (66%)
Keep a plant alive		4705 votes (87%)
Photoshop a picture		2953 votes (54%)
Replace a bike chain		4418 votes (81%)
Perform CPR		3272 votes (60%)
Unblock a drain		4873 votes (90%)

I'm agender/don't wish to reveal my gender or age (101 people)

Wire a plug		77 votes (76%)
Back up a computer		57 votes (56%)
Put up a shelf straight		69 votes (68%)
Fill in a tax return		73 votes (72%)
Change a car wheel		51 votes (50%)
Use chopsticks		49 votes (49%)
Change a nappy		77 votes (76%)
Build a campfire		62 votes (61%)
Parallel park a car		75 votes (74%)
Sew a button on a shirt		91 votes (90%)
Boil an egg (so the middle's runny)		89 votes (88%)
Drive overseas (on the other side of the road)		51 votes (50%)
Read your energy meter		88 votes (87%)
Put up wallpaper (straight and neat)		57 votes (56%)
Put together a flat-pack wardrobe		65 votes (64%)
Back up and reinstall your smartphone apps		41 votes (41%)
Keep a plant alive		91 votes (90%)
Photoshop a picture		49 votes (49%)
Replace a bike chain		46 votes (46%)
Perform CPR		58 votes (57%)
Unblock a drain		75 votes (74%)

           26,235 people have voted.

We try to use technology to limit voting to one per person. Occasionally, this may erroneously block a few people's votes (eg, from shared offices). Apologies for that.