Timespans and plans among young adults

Sociology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 139-155

  Anderson, Michael ^a   Bechhofer, Frank ^a   McCrone, David ^a   Jamieson, Lynn ^a   Li, Yaojun ^b   Stewart, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Craigforth Consultancy and Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambition; Career; Control; Forethought; Planning; Security; Time; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944449234     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038505049006     Document Type: Review

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