The Life Course Framework

Methodological Issues in Research on the Life Course

Age, Period, and Cohort Effects

Cross-sectional Research

Longitudinal Research

Identifying Life Course Events

The Timing of Life Course Events

Age Norms

Age Timetables

The Duration of Life Course Events

In Their Own Words: Time for Myself

The Sequencing of Life Course Events

The Effect of Early Experiences on Adult Outcomes

In Their Own Words: Mourning a Lost Relationship

Demographic Change and Middle Age

Aging Around the World: The Effect of Military Service on German Veterans of World War II

The Theory of Cumulative Disadvantage

Diversity in the Aging Experience: Sent-Down Youth in the Chinese Cultural Revolution

How the Government Influences The Life Course

An Issue for Public Policy: Defining the Transition to Old Age