Generation X

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	Other commentators and researchers use a wide range of dates to describe Generation X, with the beginning birth year ranging from as early as 1960<ref>{{cite news|last1=Badtram|first1=Gene|title=Working Together: Four Generations|url=http://emda.wi.gov/docview.asp?docid=19698&locid=130|accessdate=18 June 2016|publisher=Enterprise Management Development Academy (EMDA)}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Robinson|first1=Sara|title=What is Generation X? Maybe our last, best hope for change|url=https://scholarsandrogues.com/2014/04/10/how-generation-x-will-save-the-world/|accessdate=18 June 2016|publisher=Scholars & Rogues|date=10 April 2014}}</ref> to as late as 1965,<ref name="McCrindle"/> and with the final birth year ranging from as early as 1976<ref>{{cite news|last1=Thielfoldt|first1=Diane|title=Generation X and The Millennials: What You Need to Know About Mentoring the New Generations|url=http://apps.americanbar.org/lpm/lpt/articles/mgt08044.html|accessdate=18 June 2016|publisher=Law Practice Today|date=August 2004}}</ref> to as late as 1984<ref>{{cite news|title=Gen X Housing Bust|url=http://www.ctpost.com/business/moneytips/article/Gen-X-Housing-Bust-8310108.php|accessdate=18 June 2016|publisher=ctpost|date=16 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Bump|first1=Philip|title=Here Is When Each Generation Begins and Ends, According to Facts|url=http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/03/here-is-when-each-generation-begins-and-ends-according-to-facts/359589/|accessdate=18 June 2016|publisher=The Atlantic|date=25 March 2015}}</ref> or 1985.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|url = http://www.sitemason.com/files/dW3ABy/articledemographics%20of%20age.pdf|title = Demographics of Age: Generational and Cohort Confusion|last = Markert|first = John|date = 2004|journal = Journal of Current Issues and Research in Advertising|doi = |pmid = |accessdate = 2015-12-10|page = 15|volume = 26|edition = 2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1573570/Generation-X-having-less-sex.html | work=The Telegraph | title=Generation X 'having less sex' | date=2007-12-24 | accessdate=2011-07-21 | first1=Kate | last1=Devlin | location=London}}</ref>		Other commentators and researchers use a wide range of dates to describe Generation X, with the beginning birth year ranging from as early as 1960<ref>{{cite news|last1=Badtram|first1=Gene|title=Working Together: Four Generations|url=http://emda.wi.gov/docview.asp?docid=19698&locid=130|accessdate=18 June 2016|publisher=Enterprise Management Development Academy (EMDA)}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Robinson|first1=Sara|title=What is Generation X? Maybe our last, best hope for change|url=https://scholarsandrogues.com/2014/04/10/how-generation-x-will-save-the-world/|accessdate=18 June 2016|publisher=Scholars & Rogues|date=10 April 2014}}</ref> to as late as 1965,<ref name="McCrindle"/> and with the final birth year ranging from as early as 1976<ref>{{cite news|last1=Thielfoldt|first1=Diane|title=Generation X and The Millennials: What You Need to Know About Mentoring the New Generations|url=http://apps.americanbar.org/lpm/lpt/articles/mgt08044.html|accessdate=18 June 2016|publisher=Law Practice Today|date=August 2004}}</ref> to as late as 1984<ref>{{cite news|title=Gen X Housing Bust|url=http://www.ctpost.com/business/moneytips/article/Gen-X-Housing-Bust-8310108.php|accessdate=18 June 2016|publisher=ctpost|date=16 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Bump|first1=Philip|title=Here Is When Each Generation Begins and Ends, According to Facts|url=http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/03/here-is-when-each-generation-begins-and-ends-according-to-facts/359589/|accessdate=18 June 2016|publisher=The Atlantic|date=25 March 2015}}</ref> or 1985.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|url = http://www.sitemason.com/files/dW3ABy/articledemographics%20of%20age.pdf|title = Demographics of Age: Generational and Cohort Confusion|last = Markert|first = John|date = 2004|journal = Journal of Current Issues and Research in Advertising|doi = |pmid = |accessdate = 2015-12-10|page = 15|volume = 26|edition = 2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1573570/Generation-X-having-less-sex.html | work=The Telegraph | title=Generation X 'having less sex' | date=2007-12-24 | accessdate=2011-07-21 | first1=Kate | last1=Devlin | location=London}}</ref>
−	Due in part to the frequent birth-year overlap and resulting incongruence existing between attempts to define Generation X and [[Millennials]], a number of individuals born in the late 1970s or early 1980s see themselves as being "between" the two generations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/05/05/five-really-good-reasons-to-hate-millennials/ |title=Five really good reasons to hate millennials |last=Ingraham |first=Christopher |date=May 5, 2015 |website=https://www.washingtonpost.com |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.apexpr.com/x-y-view-cusp/ |title=X or Y: A View from the Cusp |last=Mukherji |first=Rohini |date=July 29, 2014 |website=http://www.apexpr.com |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/signs-youre-stuck-between-gen-x-and-millennials#.vvoldWAxb |title=22 Signs You’re Stuck Between Gen X And Millennials |last=Epstein |first=Leonora |date=July 17, 2013 |website=http://www.buzzfeed.com |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Huffington1">{{cite news|last=Garvey|first=Ana|title=The Biggest (And Best) Difference Between Millennial and My Generation|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anna-garvey/the-biggest-and-best-difference-between-millennials_b_7438370.html|accessdate=March 28, 2016|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=May 5, 2015}}</ref> Names given to those born on the Generation X/Millennial cusp years include Xennials, The Lucky Ones, Generation Catalano, and the Oregon Trail Generation.<ref name="Huffington1" /><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sheknows.com/living/articles/1105987/stuck-between-gen-x-millennials |title=3 Signs you're stuck between Gen X & Millennials |last=Fogarty |first=Lisa |date=January 7, 2016 |website=https://www.sheknows.com |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Shafrir|first=Doree|title=Generation Catalano|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2011/10/generation_catalano_the_generation_stuck_between_gen_x_and_the_m.html|accessdate=26 June 2014|newspaper=Slate|date=March 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Stankorb|first=Sarah|title=Reasonable People Disagree about the Post-Gen X, Pre-Millennial Generation|url=http://magazine.good.is/articles/generation-xennials|accessdate=March 28, 2016|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=September 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>http://www.popsugar.com/tech/How-Technology-Influenced-Generation-X-37522155</ref>	+	Due in part to the frequent birth-year overlap and resulting incongruence existing between attempts to define Generation X and [[Millennials]], a number of individuals born in the late 1970s or early 1980s see themselves as being "between" the two generations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/05/05/five-really-good-reasons-to-hate-millennials/ |title=Five really good reasons to hate millennials |last=Ingraham |first=Christopher |date=May 5, 2015 |website=https://www.washingtonpost.com |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.apexpr.com/x-y-view-cusp/ |title=X or Y: A View from the Cusp |last=Mukherji |first=Rohini |date=July 29, 2014 |website=http://www.apexpr.com |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/signs-youre-stuck-between-gen-x-and-millennials#.vvoldWAxb |title=22 Signs You’re Stuck Between Gen X And Millennials |last=Epstein |first=Leonora |date=July 17, 2013 |website=http://www.buzzfeed.com |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Huffington1">{{cite news|last=Garvey|first=Ana|title=The Biggest (And Best) Difference Between Millennial and My Generation|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anna-garvey/the-biggest-and-best-difference-between-millennials_b_7438370.html|accessdate=March 28, 2016|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=May 5, 2015}}</ref> Names given to those born on the Generation X/Millennial cusp years include Xennials, The Lucky Ones, Generation Catalano, and the [[Oregon Trail Generation]].<ref name="Huffington1" /><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.sheknows.com/living/articles/1105987/stuck-between-gen-x-millennials |title=3 Signs you're stuck between Gen X & Millennials |last=Fogarty |first=Lisa |date=January 7, 2016 |website=https://www.sheknows.com |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Shafrir|first=Doree|title=Generation Catalano|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2011/10/generation_catalano_the_generation_stuck_between_gen_x_and_the_m.html|accessdate=26 June 2014|newspaper=Slate|date=March 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Stankorb|first=Sarah|title=Reasonable People Disagree about the Post-Gen X, Pre-Millennial Generation|url=http://magazine.good.is/articles/generation-xennials|accessdate=March 28, 2016|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=September 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>http://www.popsugar.com/tech/How-Technology-Influenced-Generation-X-37522155</ref>
	==Characteristics==		==Characteristics==