After reading this chapter, the student will be able to answer the following questions: - How did demographic change create a new phase of the life course called middle age?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of cross-sectional and longitudinal research for measuring life course changes?
- Do people attempt to time the major events in their lives?
- Can the sequencing of major life events create role conflict?
- Why do older Americans move over the life course?
- Can major historical events affect the life course of a whole generation?
- How can government policy affect the life course?
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