Editing Generation X (section)

=====Achieving a work-life balance=====
In 2011, survey analysis from the ''Longitudinal Study of American Youth'' found Gen Xers (defined as those who were then between the ages of 30 and 50) to be "balanced, active, and happy" in midlife and as achieving a [[work-life balance]]. The Longitudinal Study of Youth is an [[NIH]]-[[National Institute on Aging|NIA]] funded study by the University of Michigan which has been studying Generation X since 1987. The study asked questions such as "Thinking about all aspects of your life, how happy are you? If zero means that you are very unhappy and 10 means that you are very happy, please rate your happiness." LSA reported that "[[mean]] level of happiness was 7.5 and the [[median]] (middle score) was 8. Only four percent of Generation X adults indicated a great deal of unhappiness (a score of three or lower). Twenty-nine percent of Generation X adults were very happy with a score of 9 or 10 on the scale."<ref name="LSA">{{cite web|url=http://lsay.org/GenX_Rept_Iss1.pdf|title=The Generation X Report: Active, Balanced, and Happy|last=Miller|first=Jon|date=Fall 2011|publisher=Longitudinal Study of American Youth – University of Michigan|page=1|access-date=29 May 2013|archive-date=28 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128113321/http://lsay.org/GenX_Rept_Iss1.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lsay.org/|title=NSF funds launch of a new LSAY 7th grade cohort in 2015 NIH-NIA fund continued study of original LSAY students|date=2011|access-date=19 June 2016|publisher=University of Michigan|archive-date=6 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606005038/http://lsay.org/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122088|title=Long-term Survey Reveals Gen Xers Are Active, Balanced and Happy|date=25 October 2011|access-date=19 June 2016|publisher=National Science Foundation|archive-date=7 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807195604/https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122088|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Dawson|first1=Alene|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/26/living/gen-x-satisfied/|title=Study says Generation X is balanced and happy|date=27 October 2011|access-date=19 June 2016|publisher=CNN|archive-date=30 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630002619/http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/26/living/gen-x-satisfied|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2014, [[Pew Research]] provided further insight, describing the cohort as "savvy, skeptical and self-reliant; they're not into preening or pampering, and they just might not give much of a hoot what others think of them. Or whether others think of them at all."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Taylor|first1=Paul|url=http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/06/05/generation-x-americas-neglected-middle-child/|title=Generation X: America's neglected 'middle child'|date=5 June 2014|access-date=19 June 2016|publisher=Pew Research|archive-date=18 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618205325/http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/06/05/generation-x-americas-neglected-middle-child/|url-status=live}}</ref> Furthermore, guides regarding managing multiple generations in the workforce describe Gen Xers as: independent, resilient, resourceful, self-managing, adaptable, cynical, pragmatic, skeptical of authority, and as seeking a work-life balance.<ref name="MetLife" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/Glance-Inclusion.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822204235/http://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/Glance-Inclusion.pdf |archive-date=22 August 2016 |url-status=live|title=Creating a Culture of Inclusion – Leveraging Generational Diversity: At-a-Glance|date=2010|access-date=19 June 2016|publisher=University of Michigan}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Eames|first1=David|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/david-eames/news/article.cfm?a_id=211&objectid=10496379|title=Jumping the generation gap|date=6 March 2008|newspaper=New Zealand Herald|access-date=19 June 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817081448/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/david-eames/news/article.cfm?a_id=211&objectid=10496379|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last1=White|first1=Doug|date=23 December 2014|title=What to Expect From Gen-X and Millennial Employees|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/240556|magazine=Entrepreneur|access-date=19 June 2016|archive-date=9 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809090746/https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/240556|url-status=live}}</ref>