Positive news about Generation Z! A new study from the Annie E. Casey Foundation has revealed that people born after 1995 are doing better health and education-wise compared to teenagers a few years back. In the foundation's 2016 Kids Count Data Book, it was reported that teenagers now are more stable despite the fact that the country has suffered a serious economic crisis. The members of Generation Z were born between 1996 and 2010. In the United States, there are some 23 million of them and 1.9 billion all over the world. This year, they will turn 20 years old.
When it comes to four areas of economic well-being, education, health, and family and community, those born after 1995 are doing much better. The study covers the period between 2008 and 2014, and over those years, statistics reading teen substance abuse has fallen by as much as 38 percent. The numbers of teenagers who fail to graduate from high school also feel by 28 percent.
Employment statistics have also improved; for many people born after 1995, a college degree is important. Many high school graduates succeeded in finding jobs in middle-income positions. Still, the unemployment rates were still formidable. Some 28 percent of African-Americans have failed to find employment. Among Latinos, it's 15 percent; and for whites, it's 15 percent. The earnings of most employed people coved by the study was pegged a $10.66 per hour on the average.
In the meantime, the members of Generation Z also have more technology working for them. They are the generation whose members grew up at a time when high-speed internet was a necessity, and using, sharing, and getting news and developments from social media is a part of one's daily habits. To say that Generation Z is the most technologically savvy generation so far is a fact. They are coming of age in the aftermath of a severe global economic crisis, but they have new and faster tools to define themselves and what they want their future to be.
