scholarly journals Work, Leisure, and Family: From the Silent Generation to Millennials

2021 ◽  
Vol 103 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
George-Levi Gayle ◽  
Mariana Odio-Zuniga ◽  
Prasanthi Ramakrishnan
Keyword(s):  
Silent Generation

scholarly journals Social Participation Across Midlife and Later Life: Evidence From the Silent Generation

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 408-408
Author(s):  
Eric Vogelsang
Keyword(s):  
Social Participation ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Silent Generation ◽  
School Activities ◽  
Wisconsin Longitudinal Study ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Exercise Activity ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
Made In

Abstract Despite the well-established benefits of social participation for individuals and communities, little is known about how it varies throughout the life course. Drawing upon data collected between 1957 and 2011 by the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (22,023 observations from a cohort of 6,627), this study provides four valuable results. One, I find evidence of five distinct social participation trajectories between the ages of 35 and 71; the majority of which demonstrate social disengagement over time. Two, these participation declines are primarily attributable to changes in meeting friends and group exercise activity. Three, the most pronounced activity differences separating those in more favorable and unfavorable participation trajectories are cultural event attendance and voluntary group membership. Lastly, I identify particular high school activities that are associated with social participation decades later. In total, these results highlight heterogeneity among different types of social activities, and underscore the possible consequences of membership decisions made in early adulthood.

Time Allocation Behavior of Twentieth-Century American Generations: GI Generation, Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials

2018 ◽  
Vol 2672 (49) ◽  
pp. 69-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annesha Enam ◽  
Karthik C. Konduri
Keyword(s):  
Baby Boomers ◽  
Generation X ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Time Allocation ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Silent Generation ◽  
Two Generations ◽  
American Heritage ◽  
Using Data

In recent years, time engagement behaviors of two generations, namely Baby Boomers and Millennials have sparked much interest because these generations constitute the bulk of the American population today and they also exhibit “atypical” activity–travel patterns compared with other generations. The objective of the current research is to conduct a systematic study of the time engagement behaviors of five American generations: the GI Generation (birth year: 1901–1924), the Silent Generation (birth year: 1925–1943), Baby Boomers (birth year: 1944–1964), Generation X (birth year: 1965–1981), and Millennials (birth year: 1982–2000). Particularly, the study aims at isolating heterogeneity in behaviors associated with structural changes in the society from those associated with inherent generational characteristics. Using data from four waves (1965, 1985, 2005, and 2012) of the American Heritage and Time Use Study, the analysis explores the time engagement behaviors while accounting for the age, period, and cohort effects in addition to different socioeconomic and demographic variables. The analysis reveals that Millennials have generally delayed participation in life-changing events such as marriage and workforce entry, and have exhibited prolonged student status compared with previous generations. Millennials show lower participation in work and higher participation in discretionary activities compared with individuals of the same age group from previous generations. On the other hand, Baby Boomers clearly exhibited increased travel engagement compared with the previous generations at different stages of their lives.

scholarly journals ÖRGÜTSEL SÜREÇLERDEKİ KUŞAKLARARASI ÇATIŞMALARDA KÜLTÜREL DEĞİŞİMLERİN ROLÜ: AKADEMİSYENLERE YÖNELİK BİR ARAŞTIRMA

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sena ERDEN AYHÜN
Keyword(s):  
Baby Boomers ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Gender Segregation ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Reverse Direction ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Positive Direction ◽  
Silent Generation ◽  
Intergenerational Conflicts ◽  
And Performance

The phenomenon of change in the cultural structure brought about differences in values, beliefs and behavior in the social structure. The fact that the phenomenon of change is not acknowledged by adult generations, the inability to understand the behaviors of new generations brings about the possibility of conflicts between new and adult generations. The conflicts that individuals primarily experience in the family environment also manifest themselves when they are beginning to work within an institution. Many theoretical-based studies in the literature show that conflicts that occur during generations may be related to cultural changes.In the study, it was tried to determine whether the X generation academicians working at the universities had experienced conflict with the Y generation of the younger generation. In addition, the Y generation academics were investigated whether they lived in conflict with the elderly generations, named  X generation,, Baby Boomers generation and silent generation. In addition in the survey; the relation between the avoidance of variables measuring the cultural dimensions and uncertainty, power distance, collectivism I, collectivism II, assertiveness, gender segregation, being orientation for future and performance, differentiations in humanistic approach and intergenerational conflicts are searched.Data are collected over the web sites by survey method, face to face meeting and via fax and 428 applicable interview results have been provided.  In the analysis of the data, the structural equality model was utilized. As a result of the analyzes made; It has been determined that the X generation is rarely conflict with Y generation, the Y generation is rarely conflict with X generation, Baby Boomers generation and silent generation. Collectivism II and performance orientation and relation of intergenerational conflicts has been found in reverse direction where the relation of intergenerational conflicts with gender apartheid dimension was in positive direction.

Rainbow Fault Lines

2019 ◽  
pp. 129-146
Author(s):  
Jana Riess
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Identity ◽  
American Culture ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Latter Day Saints ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Silent Generation ◽  
Widespread Acceptance ◽  
Lds Church ◽  
Fault Lines

This chapter details the evolving views on homosexuality within Latter-day Saints. For most younger Mormons now who are gay, acceptance is slightly more likely than it was even in the recent past. Their decision to make their sexual identity public has been aided by a more widespread acceptance of homosexuality—not only in American culture more generally, but also within the Mormon subculture. Indeed, Mormon views on homosexuality have undergone a rapid change just within the last decade. Although acceptance among Mormons has not reached majority status, it is double what it was in 2007. This movement is driven in large part by millennials; more than half of Mormon millennials say homosexuality should be accepted. By contrast, only 38 percent of the combined Boomer/Silent Generation feels homosexuality should be accepted by society—a view that is reinforced by many statements from LDS Church leaders, who are themselves of the Silent Generation or even older.

Lucille

2020 ◽  
pp. 305-325
Author(s):  
Elise Johns
Keyword(s):  
Baby Boomers ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Counseling Competencies ◽  
Multicultural Competencies ◽  
Physical Ability ◽  
Silent Generation ◽  
Loss Of Autonomy ◽  
Definition Of

The percentage of the population in the United States comprised of older adults (65+), sometimes referred to as Baby Boomers (birth year 1946 – 1964) and the Silent Generation (birth year 1925 – 1945), is steadily on the rise. This population is often overlooked and has a unique subset of issues when it comes to counseling competencies. Layered multicultural competencies affecting these individuals include race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and ageism. Counseling concerns related to age include but are not limited to loss of autonomy, loss of physical ability, loss of loved ones, and changing definition of self. From an existential therapeutic background blended with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) interventions, the author reviews the case study of Lucille with a focus on therapeutic intervention and Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies (MSJCCs).

Travel and life satisfaction - From Gen Z to the silent generation

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 100894 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.E. Olsson ◽  
M. Friman ◽  
K. Lättman ◽  
S. Fujii
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Silent Generation

scholarly journals Multigenerational Attainments, Race, and Mortality Risk among Silent Generation Women

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph D. Wolfe ◽  
Shawn Bauldry ◽  
Melissa A. Hardy ◽  
Eliza K. Pavalko
Keyword(s):  
Racial Differences ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Mortality Risk ◽  
White Women ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
Generation Model ◽  
Silent Generation ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Family Wealth ◽  
Mature Women

This study extends health disparities research by examining racial differences in the relationships between multigenerational attainments and mortality risk among “Silent Generation” women. An emerging literature suggests that the socioeconomic attainments of adjacent generations, one’s parents and adult children, provide an array of life-extending resources in old age. Prior research, however, has demonstrated neither how multigenerational resources are implicated in women’s longevity nor how racial disparities faced by Silent Generation women may differentially structure the relationships between socioeconomic attainments and mortality. With data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women, the analysis provided evidence of a three-generation model in which parent occupation, family wealth, and adult child education were independently associated with women’s mortality. Although we found evidence of racial differences in the associations between parental, personal, and spousal education and mortality risk, the education of adult children was a robust predictor of survival for black and white women.

The Silent Generation: 1964

2017 ◽  
pp. 15-45
Author(s):  
Helen E. Ullrich
Keyword(s):  
Silent Generation

Learning Throughout Life About the Needs of All Generations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert D. Strom ◽  
Paris S. Strom
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Generation X ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Group Communication ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Sustained Development ◽  
Silent Generation ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Successive Generations

The rapid social transformation that occurs in modern longevity societies ensures that successive generations encounter some unique situations people of other age groups cannot experience firsthand. When this happens, peer group communication becomes dominant and causes generational isolation. These conditions present an urgent need to develop a societal plan for education that enables people of all ages to become aware of what is expected of them for contributing to their collective potential. When each generation is viewed as a separate culture, understanding cultural diversity depends on getting to know the needs experienced by other age groups and becoming responsive to them. This chapter presents the priority goals and concerns of Generation Z, Millennials, Generation X, Boomers, and the Silent Generation. The chapter’s purpose is to actualize the concept of lifelong learning, from childhood through old age, by motivating sustained development of maturity as demonstrated by reciprocal caring by all generations.

The Silent Generation

1955 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 399
Author(s):  
Don Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Silent Generation
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