Methods of Life Course Research
Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

Edited by:

Janet Z. Giele - Brandeis University, USA
Glen H. Elder - Communications, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Cornell University, USA

March 1998 | 360 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

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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.

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Foreword

Crafting Life Course Studies

PART ONE: THE LIFE COURSE MODE OF INQUIRY

Janet Z Giele and Glen H Elder Jr

Life Course Research

Development of a Field

Matilda White Riley

A Life Course Approach

Autobiographical Notes

Angela M O'Rand

The Craft of Life Course Studies

PART TWO: DATA COLLECTION AND MEASUREMENT

Nancy Karweit and David Kertzer

Data Organization and Conceptualization

Jacqueline Scott and Duane Alwin

Retrospective vs Prospective Measurement of Life Histories in Longitudinal Research

Donna Dempster-McClain and Phyllis Moen

Finding Respondents in a Follow-Up Study

Erika Brückner and Karl Ulrich Mayer

Collecting Life History Data

Experiences from the German Life History Study

PART THREE: STRATEGIES FOR ANALYSIS

John A Clausen

Life Reviews and Life Stories

John H Laub and Robert J Sampson

Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Data

Janet Z Giele

Innovation in the Typical Life Course

Glen H Elder Jr and Lisa Pellerin

Linking History and Human Lives

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Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

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