Anticipatory analysis and its alternatives in life-course research: Part 1: Education and first childbearing

Procedures that seek to explain current behavior by future outcomes (anticipatory analysis) constitute a widespread but problematic approach in life-course analysis because they disturb the role of time and the temporal order of events. Nevertheless the practice is often used, not least because it e...

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Main Authors: Michaela Kreyenfeld, Jan M. Hoem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2006-11-01
Series:Demographic Research
Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol15/16/