Anticipatory analysis and its alternatives in life-course research

Jan M. Hoem and Michaela Kreyenfeld
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Jan M. Hoem: Stockholms Universitet
Michaela Kreyenfeld: Hertie School of Governance

Demographic Research, 2006, vol. 15, issue 17, 485-498

Abstract: 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 child, but the analyst should be wary of using anticipatory analysis to pick that up.

Keywords: anticipatory analysis; intentionality; marriage and first childbearing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.17

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