gen z

💡 gen z: Experts Reveal What’s Happening!

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Key Overview

Generation Z (often shortened to Gen Z), also known as Zoomers, is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha. Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1990s as starting birth years and the early 2010s as ending birth years, with the generation most frequently being defined as people born from 1997 to 2012. Most members of Generation Z are the children of Generation X and older Millenials. Generation Z tends to live at a slower pace than previous generations.

Etymology and nomenclature

Etymology and nomenclature

The name Generation Z is a reference to the fact that it is the second generation after Generation X, continuing the alphabetical sequence from Generation Y (Millennials). Other proposed names for the generation included iGeneration, Homeland Generation, Net Gen, Digital Natives, Neo-Digital Natives, Pluralist Generation, Internet Generation, and Centennials.

Date and age range

Date and age range

Researchers and popular media have used the mid-to-late 1990s as starting birth years and the early 2010s as ending birth years to define Generation Z. The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines Generation Z as "the generation of people born in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Demographics

Demographics

Although many countries have aging populations and declining birth rates, Generation Z is currently the largest generation on Earth. Bloomberg's analysis of United Nations data predicted that, in 2019, members of Generation Z accounted for 2.47 billion (32%) of the 7.7 billion inhabitants of Earth, surpassing the Millennial population of 2.43 billion.

Education

Education

Since the mid-20th century, enrollment rates in primary schools has increased significantly in developing countries. In 2019, the OECD completed a study showing that while education spending was up 15% over the previous decade, academic performance had stagnated.

Political views and participation

Political views and participation

Among developed democracies, young people's faith in the institutions, including their own government, has declined compared to that of previous generations. In tandem with more members of Generation Z being able to vote in elections during the late 2010s and early 2020s, the youth vote has increased in both Europe and the United States.

Religious tendencies

Religious tendencies

In the West, Generation Z is the least religious generation in history. More members of Generation Z describe themselves as nonbelievers than any previous generation and reject religious affiliation, though many of them still describe themselves as spiritual. In the United States, Generation Z has twice as many self-identified atheists as prior generations.

See also

See also

Glossary of Generation Z slang List of generations 9X Generation (Vietnam) Boomerang Generation Cusper Generation K, a demographic cohort defined by Noreena Hertz Generation Z in the United States Post-90s and Little emperor syndrome (China) Strawberry generation (Taiwan) Thumb tribe Zillennials

Further reading

Further reading

Palfrey, John; Gasser, Urs (2008). Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-00515-4. Arum, Richard; Roksa, Josipa (2011). Academically Adrift - Limited Learning on College Campuses. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-02856-9. McCrindle, Mark; Wolfinger, Emily (2014).

External links

External links

The Downside of Diversity. Michael Jonas. The New York Times. August 5, 2007. The Next America: Modern Family. Pew Research Center. April 30, 2014. (Video, 2:16) Meet Generation Z: Forget Everything You Learned About Millennials – 2014 presentation by Sparks and Honey Is a University Degree a Waste of Money? CBC News: The National. March 1, 2017. (Video, 14:39) A Generation Z Exploration.

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