Individualization, opportunity and jeopardy in American women's work and family lives: A multi-state sequence analysis

Advances in Life Course Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 296-318

  Worts, Diana ^a   Sacker, Amanda ^b   McMunn, Anne ^b   McDonough, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

De standardization; Individualization; Life course; Optimal matching analysis; Sequence analysis; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84887036097     PISSN: 15694909     EISSN: 18796974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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