baby boomer

(noun)

A person born in the postwar years (generally considered in the USA and other Allied countries as between 1945 and the early 1960s), when there was an increase in the birth rate following the return of servicemen at the end of World War II.

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Examples of baby boomer in the following topics:

  • Urban Gentrification

    • The demographic explanation emphasizes the impact of the baby boomer generation, born after World War II.
    • The new baby boomer residents departed from the suburban family idea, marrying later and having fewer children; women in the baby boomer generation were the first to enter the workforce in serious numbers.
    • These first few suburban transplants, or urban pioneers, demonstrated that cities were viable places to live and began developing a type of inner-city chic that was attractive to other baby boomers, which in turn brought an influx of young affluence to inner cities.

  • Children of Divorce and Impact of Divorce

    • Some of the effects for children at this age may include baby-like behavior such as old toys, a baby blanket, or even wetting the bed.
    • This has resulted in less pressure for baby boomers to marry or stay married.
    • Demographers estimate that baby boomers who remain unmarried will face more financial struggles than those who are married.

  • Global Aging

    • This strain is occurring in the United States, where people born into the baby boomer generation of the 1950s–1960s are aging and reaching retirement age, thus tapping into Medicaid and social security funds at unprecedented rates.

  • Composition of the Older Population

    • The number of older Americans has spiked in recent years due to the age of baby boomers—the generation that was born in the twenty years following World War II.

  • The Baby Boom

    • There are many factors that contributed to the baby boom.
    • Life was simple, jobs were plentiful, and a record number of babies were born.
    • The baby boom triggered booms in housing, consumption, and the labor force.
    • These days, baby boomers are now of late middle age and early senior years.
    • Describe the optimism of the baby boom era following World War II.

  • Emerging Values

    • By contrast, their parents or grandparents tend to belong to the Baby Boom generation, born between 1946 and 1964.
    • Baby Boomers did not grow up with the same technologies as today's youth.
    • Whereas the generation before the Baby Boom was concerned with economic and physical security, Boomers tend to have what are referred to as post-materialist values.

  • Age

    • The Baby Boom generation were born after World War II, from 1946 to 1964.
    • In general, baby boomers are associated with a rejection or redefinition of traditional values.
    • Boomers tended to think of themselves as a special generation, very different from those that had come before them.
    • Generation X is the generation defined as those born after the baby boom ended, from 1965 to 1981.Change is more the rule for the people of Generation X than the exception.
    • One segment of this age group has often been called the "eighties babies" generation.

  • The Growth of the Sun Belt

    • The Belt has seen substantial population growth in recent decades (1960s to recent) fueled by milder winters; a surge in retiring baby boomers who migrate domestically; and the influx of immigrants, both legal and illegal.

  • Retirements

    • These days, many baby boomers are semi-retired.

  • Neurodegenerative Disorders

    • Due to the aging of the baby-boomer generation, there are projected to be as many as 13 million Alzheimer's patients in the United States in the year 2050.