Cohort Analysis - Couverture souple

Glenn, Norval D.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 080390794X ISBN 13 : 9780803907942

Editeur : SAGE Publications Inc, 1977

Synopsis

A method for studying changes in group patterns -- particularly groups based on age -- cohort analysis seeks to isolate changes attributable to alterations in behaviour or attitudes within an age group; as an example of behaviour change, the pattern of consumption of alcohol within a cohort is analyzed.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Norval D. Glenn, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, who taught for 47 years at The University of Texas at Austin, died February 15, 2011, after a two-year battle with myelodysplastic syndrome, a form of blood cancer. He was 77 years old. He was a valued friend and colleague.

Norval D. Glenn is the Ashbel Smith Professor in Sociology and Stiles Professor in American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. His main research interests relate to aging and the life course, and family relations in modern societies. He is a former editor of Contemporary Sociology and the Journal of Family Issues, and he has served on the editorial boards of such journals as the American Sociological Review, Public Opinion Quarterly, Journal of Marriage and Family, Demography, and Social Science Research.

His recent publications deal with such topics as the dissemination of social science findings to policy makers and the general public, changes in the institutional mechanisms of mate selection, and the relationship of age at marriage to marital success.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Inc
• Date d'édition: 1977
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 080390794X
• ISBN 13: 9780803907942
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 72
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible