The measurement of age, age structuring, and the life course

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 23, Issue , 1997, Pages 233-261

  Settersten Jr , Richard A ^a   Mayer, Karl Ulrich ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Life events; Life history; Life review; Life transitions; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031515573     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.23.1.233     Document Type: Article

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