Additionally, the prevalence of allergies among adolescents and young adults in Generation Z is greater than the general population there is greater awareness and diagnosis of mental health conditions, and sleep deprivation is more frequently reported.

Globally, there is evidence that the average age of pubertal onset among girls has decreased considerably compared to the 20th century, with implications for their welfare and their future. Additionally, youth subcultures have been quieter though they have not disappeared. Sexting among adolescents has grown in prevalence the consequences of this remain poorly understood. Generation Z teenagers are more concerned than older generations with academic performance and job prospects, and are better at delaying gratification than their counterparts from the 1960s, despite concerns to the contrary. Compared to previous generations, members of Generation Z tend to live more slowly than their predecessors when they were their age have lower rates of teenage pregnancies and consume alcohol (but not necessarily other psychoactive drugs) less often. Moreover, the negative effects of screen time are most pronounced in adolescents, as compared to younger children.

Īs 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'. Most members of Generation Z are children of Generation X or younger Baby Boomers. Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1990s as starting birth years and the early 2010s as ending birth years. Generation Z (often shortened to Gen Z), colloquially known as zoomers, is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha.

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