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how strongly different generations identify with their generational labels. While Baby Boomers and Gen X-ers tend to place themselves in their respective groups, most millennials and members of the silent generation do not.
few identified four generation groups for American adults: Millennials, currently between the ages of 18 and 34; Gen X, between the ages of 35 and 50; Baby Boomers, aged 51 to 69, and the Silent generation, between 70 and 87. As part of their American Trends Panel survey, they asked respondents which generation
The results were mixed: 58% of Gen-Xers identified as such, and a full 79% of boomers classified themselves that way. Meanwhile, just 40% of millennials identify as millennials, and only 18%
few noted that many older millennials — those above the age of 27 — identified more with Gen X than with other millennials.
The study points out some of the limits of looking at generations: The cutoff lines between one generation and another are somewhat arbitrary, and multi-decade age cohorts are not really monolithic entities with one particular identity or another.