Generation X
Template:Generations sidebar Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the Western Post–World War II baby boom and before the Millennials. Generation X are generally defined as the people born from 1965 to 1980.[1][2][3][4][5] This generation is sometimes defined as the people born from 1965 to 1979.
Generation X Media
Douglas Coupland popularized the term Generation X in his 1991 novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture.
Western fertility rates, 1960–1980
U.S. fertility rates, 1963–1981
U.S. living adult generations
U.S. Live Births Registered and Legal Abortions Reported 1970–1980
U.S. Marriages Ending in Divorce 1950–1990
U.S. Participation Rates for Women Professionals 1966–2013
U.S. Department of Health booklet published in 1988
An 8-bit 1977 Apple II
Total Fall Enrollment in U.S. degree granting Institutions 1965–1998
References
- ↑ "Millennials expected to outnumber Boomers in 2019". Pew Research Center. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
- ↑ Williams, Alex (2019-05-14). "Actually, Gen X Did Sell Out, Invent All Things Millennial, and Cause Everything Else That's Great and Awful" (in en-US). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/14/style/gen-x-millenials.html. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
- ↑ Gorman, Megan. "Why Gen X Is Not A Forgotten Financial Generation". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
- ↑ Miner, Nanette. "As Baby Boomers Near Retirement, Companies Risk A Leadership Shortage". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
- ↑ Stephey, M. J.. "Gen-X: The Ignored Generation?" (in en-US). Time. http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1731528,00.html. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
