Here's which generation you're part of based on your birth year — and why those distinctions exist
Yet that hasn't stopped demographers from classifying other cohorts into ranges of birth years. Often this is done to better understand how formative experiences such as world events or technological changes shape the ways people see and interact with the world.
The newest addition to today's workforce is Generation Z, born between 1997 and 2012. The generation was established in 2019 by , which determined that events like the September 11 terrorist attacks and internet access created enough differences between Generation Z and Millennials, born between 1981 and 1996, to constitute a new cohort. that generations are better viewed as a tool for understanding how perspectives and views change — not as strict categories that define who people are., but most were between ages 5 and 20 when the 9/11 terrorist attacks happened.
The economic recession of 2008 — which came at a time when many millennials were entering the workforce — played a significant role too. At the same time, Generation Z's only experience with the workforce was through their parents' eyes. Technology — like the founding of Facebook in 2004, Instagram in 2010, and TikTok in 2016 — has been a constant and regular force even before some members of Gen Z were born.
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