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Generation 9/11 was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 28 December 2010 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Generation Z. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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Section size for Generation Z (45 sections)
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(Top)	18,150	18,150
Etymology and nomenclature	8,248	8,248
Date and age range	21,697	21,697
Arts and culture	24	44,660
Happiness and personal values	3,961	3,961
Common culture	31,148	31,148
Reading habits	9,527	9,527
Demographics	2,449	17,515
Africa	2,509	2,509
Asia	2,283	2,283
Europe	3,363	3,363
North America	6,911	6,911
Economic trends	23	9,371
Consumption	4,977	4,977
Employment	4,371	4,371
Education	15,552	15,552
Health issues	21	31,997
Mental	5,337	18,703
Sleep deprivation	5,981	5,981
Cognitive abilities	7,385	7,385
Physical	7,621	7,621
Puberty	5,652	5,652
Political views and participation	14,087	14,087
Religious tendencies	4,252	4,252
Risky behaviors	23	12,226
Adolescent pregnancy	2,592	2,592
Alcoholism and substance use	5,803	5,803
Youth crime	3,808	3,808
Family and social life	30	17,759
Upbringing	6,294	6,294
Friendships and socialization	1,745	1,745
Romance and marriage	4,243	4,243
Children and parenthood	2,903	2,903
Food choices	2,544	2,544
Use of information and communications technologies (ICT)	63	33,647
Use of ICT in general	10,339	10,339
Digital literacy	3,727	3,727
Pornography viewing	2,861	2,861
Use of social media networks	9,125	9,125
Effects of screen time	7,532	7,532
See also	448	448
Notes	26	26
References	30	30
Further reading	1,490	1,490
External links	1,617	1,617
Total	252,772	252,772

Semi-protected edit request on 27 January 2025

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Change Generation Z from 1997-2012 to 1995-2009. This is because from pervious stated generations, they are 15 years long and since Generation Beta started in 2025, 15 years ago is when Alpha started (2010) meaning Z had to have ended in 2009. Please change this, and thank you for reading. Yazenkob (talk) 13:02, 27 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. PianoDan (talk) 17:52, 27 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Additional sources for use of 1995 as start of Gen Z

Latest comment: 9 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Please include the following sources in the list of sources that define Gen Z's starting year as 1995:

Sacks J. Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times. Basic Books; 2020.
Guillén MF. The Perennials: The Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society. 1st ed. St. Martin’s Press; 2023.

J F-T (talk) 16:28, 17 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

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