Doing Transitions in the Life Course [PDF]
, 2022 This open access book provides a unique research perspective on life course transitions. Here, transitions are understood as social processes and practices.
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Family Dynamics over the Life Course [PDF]
, 2022 This open access book examines how families and other social institutions interact to shape outcomes over the life course. It considers how to use research evidence to reduce social disadvantage through translation of evidence to support public policies ...
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Parental Life Courses after Separation and Divorce in Europe [PDF]
, 2020 This open access book assembles landmark studies on divorce and separation in European countries, and how this affects the life of parents and children.
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Longitudinal effects of social background on educational and occupational pathways within early and strong school tracking [PDF]
, 2013 peer reviewedTransitions from education to work are subject to person-related factors and institutional opportunity structures. Life course research increasingly focuses on longitudinal effects of social background on educational and occupational ...
Bergman, Manfred Max +2 more
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Developmental dynamics between young adults’ life satisfaction and engagement with studies and work [PDF]
, 2017 The present five-wave longitudinal study investigated the cross-lagged associations between young adults’ life satisfaction and study/work engagement over the transition from post-comprehensive studies to higher education or work during the second and ...
Upadyaya, Katja, Salmela-Aro, Katariina
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Examining life course trajectories of lesbian, gay and bisexual people in England – exploring convergence and divergence among a heterogeneous population of older people [PDF]
, 2018 Because of limitations in collecting sexuality data, there are very few studies that quantitatively explore the life courses of lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) individuals. Likewise it is rare that normative patterns of life course trajectories are assessed
Kneale, D +5 more
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What can the life course approach contribute to an understanding of longevity risk?
, 2016 Longevity risk means living longer than predicted. Attempts to understand longevity risk to date have concentrated on single diseases, usually coronary heart disease, and sought explanations in terms of risk factor change and medical innovation.
Blane, David +14 more
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Socio-economic position at four time points across the life course and all-cause mortality: updated results from the Uppsala Birth Cohort Multigenerational Study [PDF]
, 2019 Socio-economic position (SEP) is associated with all-cause mortality across all stages of the life course; however, it is valuable to distinguish at what time periods SEP has the most influence on mortality.
Goodman, Anna +8 more
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Relative time and life course research
, 2021 Mainstream life course studies often draw on a conventional understanding of time as a unidirectional clock-based entity, which proceeds in a uniform and linear manner.
Núria Sánchez-Mira +3 more
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Parental criminality and children’s family-life trajectories: Findings for a mid-20th century cohort
, 2015 The paper analyses the family life courses of sons and daughters from families with low socioeconomic status and at high risk to offend. For this Dutch cohort (N=522), born on average in 1932, register and archive data on offending and family-life events
Bijleveld, Catrien C +3 more
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