Studying Baby Boom Cohorts Within a Demographic and Developmental Context: Conceptual and Methodological Issues1

The Baby Boomers Grow Up: Contemporary Perspectives on Midlife

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 45-71

  Alwin, Duane F ^a   McCammon, Ryan J ^b   Hofer, Scott M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315820958-9     Document Type: Chapter

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