Generational-cohort definitions

Returns the birth-year boundaries for a named generational scheme, for use by recode_generation(). The default "pew" scheme follows the widely cited Pew Research Center cohort definitions.

Usage

generation_scheme(scheme = c("pew"))

Arguments

scheme

Scheme name. Currently "pew".

Value

A tibble with label, from (first birth year) and to (last birth year; Inf for the open-ended youngest cohort).

Details

The "pew" scheme uses the Pew Research Center boundaries: Silent (1928–45), Baby Boomer (1946–64), Gen X (1965–80), Millennial (1981–96), Gen Z (1997–2012) and Gen Alpha (2013+). To use different cut-offs, build your own tibble with from and label columns and pass it to recode_generation()'s scheme argument.

See also

recode_generation().

Other recode: add_region(), bin_numeric(), clean_label(), drop_items(), ensure_numeric(), na_blank(), nps_group(), recode_age(), recode_generation(), recode_likert(), recode_region(), split_multi()

Examples

generation_scheme("pew")
#> # A tibble: 6 × 3
#>   label        from    to
#>   <chr>       <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1 Silent       1928  1945
#> 2 Baby Boomer  1946  1964
#> 3 Gen X        1965  1980
#> 4 Millennial   1981  1996
#> 5 Gen Z        1997  2012
#> 6 Gen Alpha    2013   Inf