Three Generation Studies: Methodological Challenges and Promise

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 571-596

  Thornberry, Terence P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuity; Discontinuity; Intergenerational; Measurement; Research design; Sampling; Three generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85126066900     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20880-0_25     Document Type: Chapter

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