Editing Generation X (section)

=====Income differential with previous generations=====
A report titled ''Economic Mobility: Is the American Dream Alive and Well?'' focused on the income of males 30–39 in 2004 (those born April 1964{{spaced ndash}}March 1974). The study was released on 25 May 2007 and emphasized that this generation's men made less (by 12%) than their fathers had at the same age in 1974, thus reversing a historical trend. It concluded that, per year increases in household income generated by fathers/sons slowed from an average of 0.9% to 0.3%, barely keeping pace with inflation. "Family incomes have risen though (over the period 1947 to 2005) because more women have gone to work",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300002|title=Civilian Labor Force Participation Rate: Women|date=1950–2018|website=FRED: Economic Data|publisher=Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis|access-date=20 February 2018|archive-date=9 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309014459/https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300002|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Federal Reserve Bank of St.Louis">{{cite web|url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300001|title=Civilian Labor Force Participation Rate: Men|date=January 1948|website=FRED: Economic Data|publisher=Federal Reserve Bank of St.Louis|ref=1950 to 2018|access-date=20 February 2018|archive-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517155756/https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11300001|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Isabel Sawhill, Ph.D 2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/sawhill/200705.pdf|title=Economic Mobility: Is the American Dream Alive and Well?|author=Isabel Sawhill, PhD|last2=Morton|first2=John E.|year=2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529155632/http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/sawhill/200705.pdf|archive-date=29 May 2013|access-date=22 March 2013}}</ref><ref name="Making less than dad did">{{cite news|last1=Ellis|first1=David|url=https://money.cnn.com/2007/05/25/pf/mobility_study/index.htm?cnn=yes|title=Making less than dad did|date=25 May 2007|work=CNN|access-date=3 May 2010|archive-date=7 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707001755/http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/25/pf/mobility_study/index.htm?cnn=yes|url-status=live}}</ref> "supporting the incomes of men, by adding a second earner to the family. And as with male income, the trend is downward."<ref name="Federal Reserve Bank of St.Louis"/><ref name="Isabel Sawhill, Ph.D 2007"/><ref name="Making less than dad did"/>