• jeffw@lemmy.worldOPM
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    11 months ago

    I think of Gen X as people born in the 70s or late 60s, so that age range is pretty much split between X and Boomers imo. They also mention later on that both generations are responsible for similar rates of meat consumption

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        11 months ago

        I think both points still stand! Boomers go to the mid sixties which means the upper range of 50 to 65 covers boomers. However, the bottom range is definitely Gen X and the authors forgot you!

        Having made the mistake of forgetting Gen X in a comment the other day my eyes have been opened.

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            11 months ago

            The article says

            aged 50 to 65—roughly correlating with the baby boomer generation

            My phrasing does seem a bit awkward. I was trying to say “the article uses the age range 50 to 65 and Boomers fall into the upper half of that age range. Gen X is solidly the bottom half of that age range.”

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              11 months ago

              Baby boom began in 1945, after the war when the troops came home.

              The oldest of the baby boom are almost 80.

              Not sure how the article did the math, but…