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The content of Pluralist Generation was merged into Generation Z on 11 January 2013. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

The content of Generation Alpha was merged into Generation Z on 28 January 2016. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

Section sizes

Section size for Generation Z (50 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	9,364	9,364	326	326
Terminology	8,166	8,166	334	334
Date and age range definitions	19,207	19,207	369	369
Arts and culture	23	49,754	0	2,440
Happiness and personal values	4,524	4,524	432	432
Common culture	5,712	45,207	366	2,008
Nostalgia	12,707	12,707	409	409
Film, television, and music	13,756	13,756	613	613
Reading habits	8,026	8,026	312	312
Fan fiction	5,006	5,006	308	308
Demographics	2,464	17,571	109	985
Africa	2,497	2,497	121	121
Asia	2,361	2,361	171	171
Europe	3,345	3,345	304	304
North America	6,904	6,904	280	280
Economic trends	23	24,350	0	1,532
Consumption	8,416	14,366	547	860
Food and drink choices	4,137	4,137	206	206
Transportation choices	1,813	1,813	107	107
Employment	9,092	9,092	586	586
Housing	869	869	86	86
Education	16,945	16,945	823	823
Health issues	21	31,371	0	2,348
Mental	4,884	17,525	355	1,257
Sleep deprivation	5,642	5,642	271	271
Cognitive abilities	6,999	6,999	631	631
Physical	7,633	7,633	668	668
Puberty in girls	6,192	6,192	423	423
Political views and participation	41	29,679	0	1,693
Views and votes	18,240	18,240	1,010	1,010
Protests and riots	11,398	11,398	683	683
Religious tendencies	7,093	7,093	355	355
Risky behaviors	23	11,335	0	750
Adolescent pregnancy	2,460	2,460	149	149
Alcoholism and substance use	5,574	5,574	318	318
Youth crime	3,278	3,278	283	283
Family and social life	30	15,477	0	1,042
Upbringing	6,159	6,159	471	471
Friendships and socialization	1,355	1,355	105	105
Romance, marriage, and family	7,933	7,933	466	466
Use of information and communications technologies	10,620	27,532	657	1,714
Digital literacy	3,081	3,081	172	172
Pornography viewing	2,894	2,894	228	228
Use of social media networks	7,369	7,369	435	435
Effects of screen time	3,568	3,568	222	222
See also	501	501	0	0
Notes	26	26	0	0
References	30	30	0	0
Further reading	1,551	1,551	0	0
External links	1,993	1,993	0	0
Total	271,945	271,945	14,711	14,711

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@Subway572: Thank you for this edit. But please add the page number. Nerd271 (talk) 18:50, 1 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

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