Giele and Elder introduce the life course approach, show how it developed and what it entails, consider how to collect and organise longitudinal data, and explore the analysis and interpretation of life course data.
Giele and Elder introduce the life course approach, show how it developed and what it entails, consider how to collect and organise longitudinal data, and explore the analysis and interpretation of life course data.
What are the most effective methods for doing life course research? The field's founders and leaders answer this question giving readers tips on: the art and method of appropriate research design; the collection of life history data; and the search for meaningful patterns found …
What are the most effective methods for doing life-course research? In this volume, the field's founders and leaders answer this question, giving readers tips on: the art and method of the appropriate research design; the collection of life-history data; and the search for meani…
Drawing on their sociological and psychological orientations the authors provide an interdisciplinary approach to biographical research and offer numerous examples of it across the social sciences.
Drawing on their sociological and psychological orientations, the authors provide an interdisciplinary approach to biographical research and offer numerous examples of it across the social sciences.