Editing Generation X (section)

===Other age range markers===
On the basis of the time it takes for a generation to mature, U.S. authors [[William Strauss and Neil Howe]] define Generation X as those born between 1961 and 1981 in their 1991 book ''Generations'', and divide the cohort into two waves.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bevan-Dye|first1=Ayesha L.|date=2017|title=Addressing the Ambiguity Surrounding Contemporary Generational Measurement Parameters|url=http://gbata.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ReadingsBook-GBATA-2017-Final.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711174029/https://gbata.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ReadingsBook-GBATA-2017-Final.pdf |archive-date=11 July 2020 |url-status=live|journal=Changing Business Environment: Gamechangers, Opportunities and Risks|publisher=Global Business and Technology Association|pages=47–53}}</ref> [[Jeff Gordinier]], in his 2008 book ''X Saves the World'', includes those born between 1961 and 1977 but possibly as late as 1980.<ref name="Gordinier">{{cite book|last1=Gordinier|first1=Jeff|url=https://archive.org/details/xsavesworldhowg00gord|title=X Saves the World: How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking|date=27 March 2008|publisher=Viking Adult|isbn=978-0-670-01858-1}}</ref> George Masnick of the [[Joint Center for Housing Studies|Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies]] puts this generation in the time frame of 1965 to 1984 to satisfy the condition that boomers, Xers, and millennials "cover equal 20-year age spans".<ref name="Masnick">{{cite web|url=https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/defining-the-generations-redux/|title=Defining the Generations|last=Masnick|first=George|date=28 November 2012|publisher=Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies|access-date=23 April 2019|archive-date=29 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329234230/https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/defining-the-generations-redux/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2004, journalist J. Markert acknowledged the 20-year increments but went a step further, dividing the generation into two 10-year cohorts. The first begins in 1966 and ends in 1975 and the second begins in 1976 and ends in 1985; this thinking is applied to each generation (Silent, boomers, Gen X, millennials, etc.).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Markert|first=J|date=2004|title=Demographics of Age: Generational and Cohort Confusion|journal=Journal of Current Isues and Research in Advertising|volume=26|issue=2|pages=11–25|doi=10.1080/10641734.2004.10505161|citeseerx=10.1.1.595.8209|s2cid=146339931}}</ref>

Based on events of historical importance, Schewe and Noble in 2002 argued that a cohort is formed against significant milestones and can be any length of time. They said Generation X began in 1966 and ended in 1976, with those born between 1955 and 1965 called "trailing-edge boomers".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Schewe & Noble|first=CD & SM|date=2000|title=Market Segmentation by Cohorts: The Value and Validity in America and abroad|journal=Journal of Marketing Management|volume=16|pages=129–142|doi=10.1362/026725700785100479|s2cid=168041998}}</ref>

[[George Barna]]'s 1994 book ''Baby Busters: The Disillusioned Generation'' called those born between 1965 and 1983 the "baby busters" generation.<ref>{{cite book |last=Barna |first=George |author-link=George Barna |date= 1994|title=1994 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f_xixc57yXQC&q=1965 |publisher=Northfield Publishing |page=14 |isbn=9781881273196}}</ref>

In his 1996 book ''Boom Bust & Echo: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Shift'', [[David Foot]] describes Generation X as late boomers and includes those born between 1960 and 1966, while the "Bust Generation", those born between 1967 and 1979, is considered a separate generation.<ref>{{cite book|author=Foot, David|title=Boom, Bust & Echo|url=https://archive.org/details/boombustechohowt00foot/page/18|publisher=Macfarlane Walter & Ross|year=1996|isbn=978-0-921912-97-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/boombustechohowt00foot/page/18 18–22]}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Generation X and Political Correctness: Ideological and Religious Transformation Among Students|journal=Canadian Journal of Sociology|date=Fall 1997|first=Thomas Norman|last=Trenton|volume=22|issue=4|pages=417–36|url=http://www.cjsonline.ca/articles/trenton.htmL|access-date=3 June 2011|quote=In Boom, Bust & Echo, Foot (1996: 18–22) divides youth into two groups: 'Generation X' born between 1960 and 1966 and the 'Bust Generation' born between 1967 and 1979.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731004847/http://www.cjsonline.ca/articles/trenton.htmL|archive-date=31 July 2012|doi=10.2307/3341691|jstor=3341691|url-access=subscription}}</ref>