Generation y age range - The Generations

High student debt is described as one reason for continuing to live with parents, but may not be the dominant factor for this shift as the data shows the trend is stronger for those without a college education.

Gen X, Gen Y, and Millennials are three terms assigned to generational groups; it is important to note that millennials are the same as Gen Y.

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In a recent study involving over 2000 Gen-Y shoppers, as many as 40% do their grocery shopping around a specific recipe or meal while the majority of the earlier generation Gen-X tends to stock up for the month in the beginning of the month.

Owning your own car is not efficient, nor a good investment.

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