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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What can the life course approach contribute to an understanding of longevity risk? [PDF]
, 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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Social-biological transitions: how does the social become biological? [PDF]
, 2013 The present discussion paper sets forward a model within the life course perspective of how the social becomes biological. The model is intended to provide a framework for thinking about such questions as how does social class get into the molecules ...
d'Errico, Angelo, +9 more
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Parental criminality and children’s family-life trajectories: Findings for a mid-20th century cohort [PDF]
, 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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The Panel Study of Income Dynamics: overview, recent innovations, and potential for life course research [PDF]
, 2012 Spanning over four decades, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) is the world’s longest running household panel survey. The resulting data archive presents research opportunities for breakthroughs in understanding the connections between economic ...
McGonagle, Katherine A +3 more
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BMC Public Health, 2021 Background Adolescent HIV and pregnancy rates in Southern Africa are amongst the highest in the world. Despite decades of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) programming targeting adolescents, recent trends suggest there is a continued need for ...
Áine Aventin +12 more
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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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One-hour post-load glucose improves the prediction of cardiovascular events in the OPERA study
Annals of Medicine, 2021 Background To estimate the ability of fasting, 1-h, and 2-h post-load glucose to predict cardiovascular outcomes.Methods We examined a population-based study consisting of 977 middle-aged subjects who underwent an oral glucose tolerance test with glucose
Anni Saunajoki +5 more
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