According to a recent survey of over 1,000 members of generation Z, 27% don't want to have kids. When asked why they don't want to have kids, 89% of generation Z women said they enjoy the flexibility their lives have from not having children and 70% value their alone time.
Yes, it's true, millennials are having children less frequently than other generations.
An overview of Millennial and Gen Z dating statistics
75% of Gen Z are single. 44% of millennials are married.
In terms of being parents, Gen Zers tend to view parenthood as identity-improving, and a role which enhances their lives. They are very child-focused, and want to be heavily involved in their children's lives.
While 83 percent of people born between 1928 and 1945 (dubbed “the Silent Generation”) were married by age 37, researchers predict that Gen Z - born between 1997 and 2012 - are marrying far less.
Gen Z Terms and Definitions
Pew Research recently defined Gen Z as anyone born 1997 onwards. Gen Z grew up with technology, the internet, and social media, which sometimes causes them to be stereotyped as tech-addicted, anti-social, or “social justice warriors.”
Generation Z (10-24 years old) represent 18 per cent of Australia and 30 per cent of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population.
52.9% of single mothers are millennials.
The single parents demographics data shows the second-largest mothers age group being gen x (2,862,000), followed by gen z (601,000) and baby boomers (316,000).
The research, conducted in June through December 2020, focused on Gen Z parents (20-24 years-old).
For about 61% of millennials, one of the main reasons they cite for not having kids is that they simply can't afford to. That's the top reason among 44% of the overall U.S. population, by comparison.
Gen Z is currently the smallest adult population in U.S.
Members of Gen Z age 18 or older only make up 10.3% of the total U.S. population, compared to the largest generation, millennials, who make up nearly 22%. Even once all of Gen Z are grown, they'll still be a smaller generation than millennials.
Recent surveys show that Millennials place a higher priority on health and wellness than any other generation, including the oldest Americans, and the importance that Millennials give to a healthy lifestyle has increased more dramatically than other generations over the past decade.
Gen Z is also the smartest and best educated generation. Having an unlimited wealth of information at our disposal has not gone to waste. In America, 57 percent of Gen Z is reported to have enrolled in a two-year or four-year college, compared to 52 percent of Millenials and 43 percent of Gen X.
Born between 1995 and 2010, this generation have already found themselves up against immense challenges as they make their way into adulthood: climate change, inequality and social unrest, political division, economic distress and more.
They are pragmatic and value direct communication, authenticity and relevance. They also value self-care. They may be more likely than older people were when they were the age of the Gen Zers to question rules and authority because they are so used to finding what they need on their own.
Even as the Baby Boomers continue to age, they divorce more than any other age group. Between 1990 and 2012, the divorce rate for 55 to 64-year-olds more than doubled.
There are more twins in the "millennial generation" than any other generation, thanks partly to a twin boom in the '90s. The main reason was a new technology called in vitro fertilization, which in its early days frequently produced twins, triplets and other multiple births.
They are seen as digital integrators, having integrated technology seamlessly into their lives. They opt to watch an on-demand video summarising an issue, and prefer messages with images, visuals and sounds over text, and simple, short, and interactive content.
New data released on Tuesday from the latest census shows that Australia's millennial generation is becoming the nation's largest, displacing the postwar baby boomers.
Most members of Generation Z are children of Generation X. As the first social generation to have grown up with access to the Internet and portable digital technology from a young age, members of Generation Z, even if not necessarily digitally literate, have been dubbed "digital natives".
According to a 2021 Consumer Culture Report by 5WPR, Gen Z is prioritizing electronics, technology, health, and wellness.
A CM Group consumer research effort that polled 1,000 consumers found Gen Z consumers are better educated, more practical, more ambitious and more skeptical than Millennials.
A highly connected world, climate change, a global pandemic that's impacting job security, and financial debt are some main causes of increased anxiety, stress, and depression among Gen Zers.