The Persistence of the Standardized Life Cycle

Abstract: This article investigates to what degree the standardized life cycle has been replaced by an individualized life course, characterized by the absence of a strict sequence and timing of life's transitions. In order to measure the normative position of people, rather than the external conditions to which they are subject, the test is based on the ideal life course or life cycle as described by a purely random sample of 4666 inhabitants of Belgium, aged 18 to 36. The available evidence overwhelmingly points towards the persistence of a standardized ideal life cycle, characterized by a strict sequence and timing of the important transitions

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
Notes
Postprint
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Time & Society ; 15 (2006) 2-3 ; 303-326

Classification
Biowissenschaften, Biologie

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(when)
2006
Creator
Elchardus, Mark
Smits, Wendy

DOI
10.1177/0961463X06066944
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-223318
Rights
Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Elchardus, Mark
  • Smits, Wendy

Time of origin

  • 2006

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