Anticipatory analysis and its alternatives in life-course research: Part 2: Marriage and first birth

In the second part of these reflections, we use the connection between marriage and first childbearing to demonstrate further issues involved in anticipatory analysis. We show that an anticipatory approach cannot be used to represent intentionality: People may marry with the intention of having a ch...

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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/vol15/17/