Intergenerational transmission of behavioural patterns: How similar are parents' and children's demographic trajectories?

Advances in Life Course Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Liefbroer, Aart C ^a,b   Elzinga, Cees H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohort change; Demographic trajectories; Intergenerational transmission; Sequence analysis; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857192524     PISSN: 15694909     EISSN: 18796974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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