BOOMERS & BUSTERS
Are you a Boomer or a Cusper? A Nester or a Buster? Demographic experts say the values you hold depend on which generation you belong to. Check this table to see how Dartmouth's alumni body breaks down to fit into demographers' latest trendy categories. CATEGORY CLASSES BIRTH YEARS # OF ALUMNI TRAITS Pre-Boomer up to 1967 up to 1945 17,443 work hard, save money; born to lead; family first Boomer 1968-1981 1946-1959 12,720 work hard, play hard, spend hard, talk about it; care deeply what others think; value family and friends Cusper 1982-1990 1960-1968 9,397 work hard, play hard, worry about money; doing well by doing good; value family and friends Buster 1991-2000 1969-1978 10,886 work hard if it doesn't interfere; lifestyle first; my friends are my family Nester 2001-2002 1979-1981+ 2,265 good grades; make others pay; individual first; want multigenerational family Source: Alumni Records (2002) and sociologist Marilyn Moats Kennedy (www.aaos.org/wordhtml/bulletin/aprOI/acdnwsl.htm)
