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Tweener Generation
The generation in between The Baby Boom and Generation X is commonly referred to as the "Tweener" generation . The term was coined by Author Andrea Stone in an article which appeared on the cover of USA Today on March 24th in 1996. Tweeners are defined in a social scientific manner much like other generations even though the statistics according to birth rates offer a group comprised of a small generation of people born during the years 1964 - 1968. Other names for this group are also "Genex-Boomers" or "Cuspers," though the term "Tweener" is the most widely used. The group is commonly known as a generation of people who straddle two large generations: Baby Boomer and Generation X. In the United States, this small generational group comprises the beginning of a new socio-political era due to the passing of Civil Rights Act of 1964.


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1. 07-02-2010 23:30
 
The generation between the Boomers and Xers does have a name, but it's certainly not any of those listed here. Not one of those names has developed any following whatsoever. By contrast, there is a term for us which has developed a major following: Generation Jones. Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a ton of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term. In fact, the Associated Press' annual Trend Report chose the Rise of Generation Jones as the #1 trend of 2009. Here's a page with a good overview of recent media interest in GenJones: http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html 
 
It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era. Generations are a function of the common formative experiences of its members, not the fertility rates of its parents. And most analysts now see generations as getting shorter (usually 10-15 years now), partly because of the acceleration of culture. Many experts now believe it breaks down more or less this way: 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC boom in babies: 1946-1964 
Baby Boom GENERATION: 1942-1953 
Generation Jones: 1954-1965 
Generation X: 1966-1978
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2. 25-03-2010 12:47
 
According to "USA today" the dates are 1960 to 1965. 
http://www.tweeners.org/usatoday.htm 
As a person born in 1962, I know this first five years of the 1960s is the correct classification. For years we knew that our group was not baby boomers, and also not Gen X. We literally identify with a little of both
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3. 27-04-2010 23:27
 
Finally!! 
My wife and I were both born in 1966.Many years ago my sister who was working in HR at the time called me a "Tweener" ,but I never see anything about us and the years vary when I do. 
1965 -1967 seem better to me.but we are not Boomers and not Xers. 
Douglas Drake
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4. 26-08-2011 13:44
 
yea buddy:)
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5. 15-02-2012 14:51
 
Thanks this helps alot
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6. 15-02-2012 14:54
 
Thank you oh so very much, i have a project due in my college on this. 
- Tyler Willams
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