Generation X, often shortened to Gen X, is the demographic cohort following the baby boomers and preceding Millennials. Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1960s as starting birth years and the late 1970s to early 1980s as ending birth years, with the generation being generally defined as people born from 1965 to 1980. Gen Xers are the children of the Silent Generation and early boomers, and they are also often the parents of millennials and Generation Z. As children in the 1970s and 1980s, a time of shifting societal values, Gen Xers were sometimes called the "latchkey generation," which stems from their returning as children to an empty home and needing to use the door key. This was a result of increasing divorce rates and increased maternal participation in the workforce prior to.
Gen X has sometimes been called the “middle child” generation, as it follows the well-known baby boomer generation and precedes the millennial generation. It has fewer members than the generations that precede or follow it, which is one of the reasons that Generation X is considered to be forgotten or overlooked when the generations are discussed. Members of Generation X, or Gen Xers, grew up in a time when there were more dual-income families, single-parent households, and.
In summary, Generation X is a demographic cohort following the baby boomers and preceding Millennials. They are generally defined as people born from 1965 to 1980, and they are the children of the Silent Generation and early boomers. They grew up in a time of shifting societal values and were sometimes called the "latchkey generation."
