For the generation born after 1960, in the wake of rapid economic development, the birth rate was much lower than before. The living environment has been much richer and more stable for them in their youth than it was for children born after the war, so they are portrayed as a selfish "new breed."
在時代趨勢上，民國五十年以後出生的這一代，因為正值經濟急速成長，家中孩子數量銳減，生長環境較戰後的嬰兒潮來得富裕和安定，因此普遍被視為自我色彩濃厚的「新人類」。