Methods of Life Course Research Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches,9780761914365

Methods of Life Course Research Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

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ISBN13: 9780761914365
ISBN10: 0761914366
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1998-03-10
Publisher(s): Sage Publications
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Summary

What are the most effective methods for doing life course research? The field's founders and leaders answer this question, giving readers tips on: the art and method of the appropriate research design; the collection of life-history data; and the search for meaningful patterns to be found in the results.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Crafting Life Course Studies viii(5)
Anne Colby
Preface xiii
Part I The Life Course Mode of Inquiry 1(74)
Chapter 1 Life Course Research: Development of a Field
5(23)
Janet Z. Giele
Glen H. Elder, Jr.
Chapter 2 A Life Course Approach: Autobiographical Notes
28(24)
Matilda White Riley
Chapter 3 The Craft of Life Course Studies
52(23)
Angela M. O'Rand
Part II Data Collection and Measurement 75(108)
Chapter 4 Data Organization and Conceptualization
81(17)
Nancy Karweit
David Kertzer
Chapter 5 Retrospective Versus Prospective Measurement of Life Histories in Longitudinal Research
98(30)
Jacqueline Scott
Duane Alwin
Chapter 6 Finding Respondents in a Follow-Up Study
128(24)
Donna Dempster-McClain
Phyllis Moen
Chapter 7 Collecting Life History Data: Experiences From the German Life History Study
152(31)
Erika Bruckner
Karl Ulrich Mayer
Part III Strategies for Analysis 183(112)
Chapter 8 Life Reviews and Life Stories
189(24)
John A. Clausen
Chapter 9 Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Data
213(18)
John H. Laub
Robert J. Sampson
Chapter 10 Innovation in the Typical Life Course
231(33)
Janet Z. Giele
Chapter 11 Linking History and Human Lives
264(31)
Glen H. Elder, Jr
Lisa A. Pellerin
References 295(29)
Name Index 324(7)
Subject Index 331(8)
About the Contributors 339

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