A more educated generation

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In the study " On the Cusp of Adulthood and Facing an Uncertain Future: What We Know About Gen Z So Far ", published in May 2020, the Pew Research Center draws a political, demographic, sociological and digital portrait of Generation Z in the United States.

100% digital natives, “Gen Zers” have no memory of the vnpay database world before smartphones. This ultra-connected generation is also more multicultural and better educated than previous generations, and more progressive on many political and societal issues.

In 2020, one in ten people eligible to vote in the United States are Gen Zers. The oldest Gen Zers turn 23 this year, and 24 million young people will be eligible to vote in November.


Gen Zers are on a different educational trajectory than previous generations. They are less likely to drop out of school. The Pew Research Center study links this to the fact that these young people increasingly come from families with higher levels of education. In 2019, 44% of Gen Zers ages 7 to 17 lived with a parent who had a bachelor’s degree or higher, compared to 33% of Millennials at the same age.

This overall trend toward continuing education among young Americans is logically accompanied by a decline in the number of young people working as teenagers . Only 18% of American teenagers (15-17 years old) were employed in 2018, compared to 27% of Millennials in 2002 and 41% of Gen Xers in 1986. And for the 18-22 age group, 62% of Gen Zers were employed in 2018, compared to 71% of Millennials and 79% of Gen Xers at the same age.