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AU - Elchardus, Mark
AU - Smits, Wendy
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The Persistence of the Standardized Life Cycle
KW - individualization
KW - life cycle
KW - open future
KW - sequence
KW - timing;
PY - 2006
N2 - Postprint
N2 - begutachtet (peer reviewed)
N2 - In: Time & Society ; 15 (2006) 2-3 ; 303-326
N2 - This article investigates to what degree the standardized life cycle has been replaced by an individualized life course, characterized by the absence of a strict sequence and timing of life's transitions.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.
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