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The term baby boom refers to a noticeable increase in the birth rate. The post-World War II population increase was described as a "boom" by various newspaper reporters, including Sylvia F. Porter in a column in the May 4, 1951, edition of the New York Post, based on the increase of 2,357,000 in the population of the U.S. from 1940 to 1950.
The U.S. Census Bureau defines baby boomers as those born between mid-1946 and mid-1964, [2] although the U.S. birth rate began to increase in 1941, and decline after 1957. Deborah Carr considers baby boomers to be those born between 1944 and 1959, [23] while Strauss and Howe place the beginning of the baby boom in 1943. [24]
Generation Jones is the generation or social cohort between the Baby Boom generation and Generation X. The term was coined by American cultural commentator Jonathan Pontell, who argues that the term refers to a full distinct generation born from 1954 to 1965. [1]
The roughly 71.6 million men and women of the postwar baby-boom generation started hitting retirement age about a decade ago. But it’ll be another dozen years before the whole generation has ...
The more conservative Baby Boomers and the more liberal Gen Z are portrayed like opposing forces in generation wars rather than people with shared goals living in the same society.
"The 401(k) transition looms large for Gen X and working baby boomers, and many working Americans have taken a long time to adapt to the new retirement system—some too long," Goldman's report notes.
The term "baby boom" is often used to refer specifically to the post–World War II (1946–1964) baby boom in the United States and Europe. In the US the number of annual births exceeded 2 per 100 women (or approximately 1% of the total population size). [22] An estimated 78.3 million Americans were born during this period. [23]
Boomers also shop differently than younger Americans, reflecting the environment they grew up in. They prefer spending more time and money on an in-person shopping experience, while younger ...