Generations provide the opportunity to look at Americans both by their place in the life cycle – whether a young adult, a middle-aged parent or a retiree – and by their membership in a cohort of individuals who were born at a similar time.
One lens often employed by researchers at the Center to understand these differences is that of generation. Learn more about how we currently report on generations, and read tips for consuming generations research.įor decades, Pew Research Center has been committed to measuring public attitudes on key issues and documenting differences in those attitudes across demographic groups. Our approach to generational analysis has evolved to incorporate new considerations.
