Young adults in the United States find billionaires to do more harm in society then good, according to a survey from the Pew Research Center.

The study, conducted between January 6 through January 19, found that 39 per cent of those between the ages of 18 to 29 felt that billionaires are a bad thing in the United States.

And while 39 per cent of young adults disliked billionaires, another 45 per cent were indifferent towards them. Only 16 per cent of young adults felt like billionaires were a good thing.

The study, conducted between January 6 through January 19, found that 39 per cent of those between the ages of 18 to 29 felt that billionaires are a bad thing

A total of 12,638 adults in the United States took the survey, with them all being members of the Center's American Trends Panel.

In total, 23 per cent of respondents felt like billionaires do more harm than good while only 19 per cent of them felt like billionaires were a good thing. Some 58 per cent of those who took the survey were indifferent.

Adults between the ages of 30 and 49 also felt like billionaires did more harm than good, with 20 per cent for them and another 24 per cent against. Obviously the bulk of this age group - 56 per cent - was also indifferent.

Of the total respondents, 23 per cent of respondents felt like billionaires do more harm than good while only 19 per cent of them felt like billionaires were a good thing. Jeff Bezos is a billionaire consistently slammed for his practices

Older adults ages 50 to 64 were the first age group to be more in favor of billionaires than opposed. Some 20 per cent of of those in the age bracket felt like billionaires were a good thing, compared to 15 per cent who believed they were harmful.

Some 19 per cent of the elderly (folks over the age of 65) felt that billionaires were a good thing, compared to 15 per cent of those against them.

Along political lines, a majority of both Republicans and Democrats were indifferent to the idea of billionaires.

For Republicans, however, some 28 per cent of them viewed billionaires favorably while only nine per cent viewed them negatively.

Democrats, on the other hand, viewed billionaires far more negatively than positively. Some 34 per cent of them found them to be a negative thing while 12 per cent were in favor.