Concept information
Preferred term
generation
Definition
- Generation in social sciences is usually regarded as equivalent to birth cohort or age cohort, a group of individuals born in the same time period. A concept of generation is thus contextualized both within the historical time and within the company of coevals. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture; Generation]
Broader concept
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/generation
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