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Preferred term

life course  

Definition(s)

  • Life course refers to the identifiable stages of transition that individuals and households typically pass through, such as childhood, youth, parenthood, middle age, and retirement. It is, therefore, a term used to relate social structures, institutions, and history to particular changes and trajectories in individuals and families over time. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture; Life Course]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-QFDTB759-R

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