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Generation X (often shortened to Gen X) is the demographic cohort following the Baby Boomers and preceding Millennials.Researchers and popular media often use the mid-1960s as its starting birth years and the late 1970s as its ending birth years, with the generation generally defined as people born from 1965 to 1980.
If you were born between 1961 and 1981, you have probably heard the name "Generation X." The title of a novel by Douglas Coupland, a band fronted by Billy Idol, and a groundbreaking sociology ...
Xennials is a portmanteau blending the words Generation X and Millennials to describe a "micro-generation" [5] [6] or "cross-over generation" [7] of people whose birth years are between the mid-late 1970s and the early-mid 1980s.
Generation Jones is the generation or social cohort between the Baby Boom generation and Generation X. The term was coined by American cultural commentator Jonathan Pontell, who argues that the term refers to a full distinct generation born from 1954 to 1965. [ 1 ]
Dasha Burobina. There’s a reason why Gen Xers have been dubbed the “work hard, play hard” generation.The Gen X childhood coincides with the emergence of the personal computer—a major ...
Despite making up one-third of the U.S. workforce—more than three times the number of boomers in the office—Gen X is 18% less likely than other generations to say they feel a strong sense of ...
Breakdowns of the generations can vary slightly, but per McCrindle, boomers were born from 1946 to 1964; those in Generation X were born from 1965 to 1979; millennials were born from 1980 to 1994 ...
The oldest members of Generation X will turn 60 this year; America’s 65+ population is projected to be larger than the number of children under 18 in less than a decade.