Research Guides: Demographics: Age Groups
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Research Guides: Demographics: Age Groups
GEN Z SWUNG TO THE RIGHT BECAUSE OF MONEY WOES, SURVEY FINDS , thedailybeast
Financial services company Empower surveyed more than 2,200 Americans, and respondents born between 1997 and 2012 — Gen Zers, in other words — said they’d need to make $587,000 a year to be “financially successful.” The news comes after the youngest voting group, 18- to 24... See more
Financial services company Empower surveyed more than 2,200 Americans, and respondents born between 1997 and 2012 — Gen Zers, in other words — said they’d need to make $587,000 a year to be “financially successful.” The news comes after the youngest voting group, 18- to 24... See more
Wrapped Anxiety and Boomer Takes
Gen Z is unique, with their pessimism contrasting with Millennials’ optimism and their slow and sheltered upbringings so different from that of Gen X’ers. However, Gen Z shows early signs of having something in common with Boomers: the unapologetic desire to change a system they believe isn’t working anymore.
Jean M. Twenge • Generations
Or perhaps they never will be, if Millennials jump the line. Matthew Hennessey sees Gen X as the last bastion of moderation against a Millennial wave set to take over just as Boomers are ceding the stage.
Jean M. Twenge • Generations
Gen Z is the most racially and ethnically diverse generation of American adults to date. Not only do more identify as Black, Hispanic, or Asian, but there are more multiracial Gen Z’ers than in any previous generation.
Jean M. Twenge • Generations
In truth, although older people – defined in this book as aged 65 and over (though whether 65 is really that old any more is another matter) – are the biggest group of people who use council-funded social care, the number has been falling in recent years, despite our ageing population.