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A generation is defined as the average time between a mother's first offspring and her daughter's first offspring. This makes a generation around 30 years in length. However, while this rule of thumb has served sociologists well in analysing generations up to and including the
Firstly, because generational cohorts are changing so quickly in response to new technologies, changing career and study options, and because of shifting societal values, their characteristics can change in less than two decades. Secondly, the time between birth of parents and birth ofoffspring has stretched out from two decades to more than three. Looking at Australianstatistics, the median age of a woman having her first baby was 24 in 1976, while today it is just over 30.[1] So, while the Boomers are the children of the Builders or Veterans, Gen Z are often the younger siblings of Gen Y – or the children of the late-breeding Gen X. In recent years, the median age of first-time mothers throughout the western world has reached record highs.
So, today a generation refers to a cohort of people born into and shaped by a particular span of time (events, trends and developments). And the span of time has contracted significantly.[1]
More so than ever, the commonalities of today’s generations cut through global, racial/ethnic and socioeconomic boundaries. Due largely to globalisation made possible through the various technologies of today, a youth from Australia, the US, UK, Germany or Japan is shaped by the same events, trends and developments: they are witnessing unprecedented declines in their national birth rate, they are concerned by global warming, and more of their generation are tertiary-educated than their parents and grandparents. Likewise, those living on Government pensions are aware of and shaped by global trends no differently than are celebrities and high-flyers.[4]
Generation Table
Please note that the years that have been noted in the chart below are based on the works of Strauss and Howe and may differ slightly (in some cases quite substantially) from country to country. This table corresponds with the table given by Strauss and Howe.[5]
| G.I. (1901-1924) | Silent (1925-1942) | Boom (1943-1960) | Thirteenth (1961-1981) | Millennial (1982-200?) | The New Silent Generation (200?-) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The greatest generation | The sandwich generation | Baby Boomers | Generation X | Generation Y | Generation Z |
| The dying generation | The Depression generation | The me generation | Xers | iGeneration | The "Green" generation |
| The war generation | The Beat generation | Leading-edge boomers | The generation after | The internet generation | |
| The booster generation | The beatniks | The hippies | The latchkey kids | ||
| The hero generation | The lost generation | Breakthrough generation | Slackers | ||
| The seniors | The love generation | ||||
See also
External links
References
- ^ a b c McCrindle Research 2006, New Generations at work, retrieved November 30, 2007.
- ^ U.S. Census Bureau 2007, Facts for features: Mother's Day, retrieved November 30, 2007.
- ^ "More women have a late pregnancy", BBC News, December 17, 2004, retrieved November 30, 2007.
- ^ Zemke, R. et al 2000, Generations at work, AMACOM books, New York.
- ^ [1]
- William Strauss and Neil Howe (1991) Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584-2069,ISBN 0-688-11912-3
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