Anticipatory analysis and its alternatives in life-course research. Part 2: Two interacting processes
Anticipatory analysis and its alternatives in life-course research. Part 2: Two interacting processes
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DOI:
10.4054/demres.2006.15.17
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发表时间:
2006-11-29
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Kreyenfeld, Michaela
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作者:
Hoem, Jan M.;Kreyenfeld, Michaela
In the present second part of these reflections, we use the connection between marriage and first birth to demonstrate further issues involved in anticipatory analysis when two individual-level processes operate in interaction. The wish to have children is probably a very important determinant of marriage. Unfortunately, longitudinal data on fertility intentions are rarely available. In order to demonstrate how childbearing intentions guide marriage behavior, one might be tempted to use anticipatory research strategies. In this paper we discuss the drawbacks involved with such an approach and display a non-anticipatory research strategy.