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Generation Z (or Gen Z for short), colloquially known as Zoomers,[1][2] is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha.[3]
Members of Generation Z were born between the mid-to-late 1990s and early 2010s, meaning the first wave came of age during the second decade of the twenty-first century,[4] a time of significant demographic change due to fertility differentials and immigration.[5] Youth of the early twenty-first century reach puberty earlier than their counterparts from the previous century.[6] They have higher incidents of eye problems,[7][8] allergies,[9][10] awareness and reporting of mental health issues,[9][11][12] suicide,[13] and sleep deprivation,[14][15] but lower rates of adolescent pregnancy.[16][17][18] They drink alcohol and smoke traditional tobacco cigarettes less often,[19] but are more likely to consume marijuana[20][21] and electronic cigarettes.[22]
Americans who grew up in the 2000s and 2010s saw gains in IQ points,[23] but loss in creativity.[24] During the 2000s and 2010s, while Western educators in general and American schoolteachers in particular concentrated on helping struggling rather than gifted students,[25] American students of the 2010s were trailing behind their counterparts from other countries, especially East Asia, in reading and in STEM.[26][27] They ranked above the OECD average in science and computer literacy, but below average in mathematics.[28] Mathematical literacy and reading proficiency among American schoolchildren both fell in the 2010s.[29]
They tend to become familiar with the Internet and portable digital devices at a young age,[4] with possible implications for their mental health.[30][31][32][33][34] However, they are not necessarily digitally literate,[35] and they read books less often than their predecessors and spend more time in front of a screen.[36][37] Moreover, spending so much time on social media can distort their view of the world.[38]
Although they trust traditional news media more than what they see online,[39] they tend to be more skeptical of the news than their parents.[40] Politically, young Americans of the late 2010s and early 2020s tend to hold similar views to the Millennials.[41] They are also more likely to be irreligious than older cohorts.[42][43]
On the whole, they are financially cautious,[44][45] and are increasingly interested in alternatives to attending institutions of higher education,[46][47] with young men being primarily responsible for the trend.[48][49] Among those who choose to go to college, grades and standards have fallen because of disruptions in learning due to COVID-19.[50] As consumers, Generation Z's actual purchases do not reflect widely reported polling results.[51][52]
Although American youth culture has become highly fragmented by the start of the early twenty-first century,[53] nostalgia is a major feature of youth culture in the 2010s and 2020s.[54][55]
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