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Anorexia in Gen Y
The desire to meet model beauty standards is still increasing, particularly in women. The Institute of Psychiatry in London found a three fold increase in anorexia and bulimia between 1988 and 1993.[1] Genetic traits linked to anorexia and bulimia may be obsessiveness, perfectionism, and anxious personality styles.[2]
Upper Cutoff Point
In response to some earlier debates, I feel 9/11/01, regardless of its effects, should NOT count as the upper limit of Gen Y. That's much, much too late. "Cold" Y should end 1985, maybe 1986, while Y in its entirety really should end about 1990 or 91. Anything after that and children already started from day 1 inundated with the the modern digital post-soviet union internet team america world police world we recognize today (as opposed to us unique Cold Y who can remember quite a different world!), rather than the cold war arms selling to iran saddam is our friend communist bloc warsaw pact intel 286 motherboard 8 bit nintendo snail mail family ties world some of us can recall. Jersey John (talk) 10:21, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
Population pyramid for United States
According to this site: http://www.censusscope.org/us/chart_age.html, the 2000 Census of the United States shows the demographic in the 20-34 range were lower than both the 35-54 and the 5 to 19 age groups. If you then calcualte the birthyears of everyone in that demographic in 2000, you would have:
35-54: 1946-1965 20-34: 1966-1980 5-19 : 1981-1995
If you go even farther, you can put those birthyears into a generation, and find that the Boomers were born from 1946 to 1965, Generation X from 1966 to 1980, and Generation Y from 1981 to 1995. This is exactly what demographers use when they put the previous age groups into generations. I don't see what this 1976 to 1995 stuff is coming from, because in 2000, those born from 1976 to 1980 were all in the 20-34 age bracket.
Or, if you want to say that this was as of Dec 31, 1999, you would then be shifted a year, and the demographis would look like this:
35-54: 1945-1964 20-34: 1965-1979 5-19 : 1980-1994
Just take a look at the pyramid in the picture, and you can't deny that these birthyears are the proper classifications for Generation X, the Boomers, and Generation Y.
Generation Y HAS to have a consensus of starting in either 1980 or 1981, and that's why articles like these are appearing more and more: http://www.theage.com.au/national/gen-y--30-charmed-tech-savvy-and-ready-to-take-over-20100108-lyy6.html http://www.jsonline.com/news/85915137.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.206.21.58 (talk) 01:33, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
- Yeah and ending about 1990. As far as generations go, it's greatly truncated due to the massive changes in such a short time. More changed in the world between, for example, 1985 and 1995 than did 1975 and 1985. Jersey John (talk) 17:08, 20 March 2010 (UTC) (hence why we have a "Cold Y" subset... what I happen to fall in.)
As I've said countless countless COUNTLESS times before, given the years given to the Boomers and Generation X, Generation Y should be demarcated around a 15-20 year limit as well. I consider the early 80's born kids to be a cusp between X and Y, if not late X'ers themselves. Generation Y proper should begin around 1984 and should end around 2000. 1984-2000 seems reasonable enough for me. 2001 onwards is Generation Z. I think I've repeated this numerous times. Very annoying. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Afghan Historian (talk • contribs) 01:31, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, you are very annoying. (LOL). In any case, we should use dates as used in reliable sources, not in your opinion, even if it be that of an expert. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 02:36, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
Agreed. If Aghan Historian doesn't have any concrete evidence to support his claims, then his case is invalid. So far I hear demograph markings without any representation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.78.125.116 (talk) 06:15, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
Cold Y
I'm confused. There was the original article that was merged into this one. There are references to a section yere at Gen Y. but as of now, there is nothing at all on any theory of Cold Y. What's the current thinking on its inclusion? --Sephiroth9611 (talk) 17:45, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
There used be a page for Cold Y to those born around 1982-1985. They are Generation Y that remember the Cold War. They got rid of it because there isn't any supporting articles for it.