Concept information
Preferred term
life course
Definition
- 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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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/life_course
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