27 Facts About Generation X

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Generation X is the demographic cohort following the baby boomers and preceding the millennials.

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Harvard University defines Generation X as those people born between 1965 and 1984.

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Politically, in many Eastern Bloc countries, Generation X experienced the last days of communism and transition to capitalism as part of its youth.

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4.

Term Generation X has been used at various times to describe alienated youth.

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5.

In 1987, Coupland had written a piece in Vancouver Magazine titled "Generation X" which was "the seed of what went on to become the book".

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Generation X is the demographic cohort following the post–World War II baby-boom, representing a generational change from the baby boomers.

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7.

Time magazine states that Generation X is "roughly defined as anyone born between 1965 and 1980".

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8.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, a multinational professional services network headquartered in London, describes Generation X employees as those born from 1965 to 1980.

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Against this logic, Generation X begins in 1966 and ends in 1976, with those born between 1955 and 1965 being labelled as "trailing-edge boomers".

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Generation Jones is identified as the group of people born in the latter half of the Baby Boomers from the early 1960s to the early years of Generation X Individuals born in the Generation X and millennial cusp years of the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s have been identified by the media as a "microgeneration" with characteristics of both generations.

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Jon Miller at the Longitudinal Study of American Youth at the University of Michigan wrote that "Generation X refers to adults born between 1961 and 1981" and it "includes 84 million people".

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Generation X's policies included cuts in the growth of government spending, reduction in taxes for the higher echelon of society, legalization of stock buybacks, and deregulation of key industries.

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13.

In 1997, Time magazine published an article titled "Generation X Reconsidered", which retracted the previously reported negative stereotypes and reported positive accomplishments.

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In 1999, The New York Times dubbed them "Generation X 1099", describing them as the "once pitied but now envied group of self-employed workers whose income is reported to the Internal Revenue Service not on a W-2 form, but on Form 1099".

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Males wrote "these young Americans should finally get the recognition they deserve", praising the cohort and stating that "the permissively raised, universally deplored Generation X is the true 'great generation', for it has braved a hostile social climate to reverse abysmal trends".

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Generation X described them as the hardest-working group since the World War II generation.

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17.

Generation X reported Gen Xers' entrepreneurial tendencies helped create the high-tech industry that fueled the 1990s economic recovery.

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18.

Twenty-nine percent of Generation X adults were very happy with a score of 9 or 10 on the scale.

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Unlike millennials, Generation X was the last generation in the U S for whom higher education was broadly financially remunerative.

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20.

In France, "Generation X" is not as widely known or used to define its members.

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21.

Generation X is closely associated with socialist Francois Mitterrand who served as President of France during two consecutive terms between 1981 and 1995 as most transitioned into adulthood during that period.

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22.

Term "Generation X" is used to describe Irish people born between 1965 and 1985; they grew up during The Troubles and the 1980s economic recession, coming of age during the Celtic Tiger period of prosperity in the 1990s onward.

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23.

The appropriateness of the term to Ireland has been questioned, with Darach O Seaghdha noting that "Generation X is usually contrasted with the one before by growing up in smaller and different family units on account of their parents having greater access to contraception and divorce – again, things that were not widely available in Ireland.

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Generation X were far more likely to have children out of wedlock than their parents.

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Generation X became more likely to vote as they entered the midlife age demographics.

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At the 2016 EU membership referendum and 2017 general election, Generation X was split with younger members appearing to back remain and Labour and older members tending towards Leave and Conservative in a British electorate more polarised by age than ever before.

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Generation X are usually the parents of Generation Z, and sometimes millennials.

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