41 Straight Up Facts About Millennials
Millennials get such a bad rap. Sure they can be self-centered—they did invent the selfie after all—but they are also industrious.
They can be a little entitled, but maybe that’s because they feel like they got the short end of the stick after the recession.
These characteristics vary by region, but there are a few things that they all have in common; heightened familiarity with and rampant use of technology (see fact #28), and they have a more liberal upbringing.
Whatever way you approach it from, the new generation will always be criticized—always has, always will—by the previous generation. Read on for 40 straight up facts about millennials.
Millennials Facts
41. Millennials Have LESS Sex?
Even though they're known colloquially as the "hookup generation" recent studies suggest that millennials are actually having less sexual relations than their parents generation.
According to the LA Times, quoting a recent study done by the Archives of Sexual Behavior, millennials are having sex less than any generation in 60 years!
Some other studies vary slightly but the general trend seems to be the same - millennials aren't as sexually active as their reputation makes them out to be.
40. What’s in a Name?
The term on everyone’s lips these days —millennials—was originally coined in 1987.
The word began to form when the media started to center around the notion of the impending new millennium as the backdrop of the high school graduating class of 2000.
39. Yes, There Are 40-Year-Old Millennials
Regarding the exact ages that define the millennial cohort, there seems to be a little bewilderment.
The latest and most authoritative development comes from the Pew Research Center and their findings strongly suggest that today’s millennials were born between 1977 and 1992.
