Generation X

Generation X refers to people born between 1965 and 1980. They are sometimes difficult to separate from Generation Y, or millennials, but they aren't exactly alike. Members of Generation X seek to balance out work, family and friends and don't trust the government and people in authority, according to MetLife's 10th Annual Study of Workplace Benefits.

"People have always picked on Gen Xers because they don't think they've contributed enough as the baby boomers or the matures," Navarro says. "The reason for that is because that group is half as large."

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