Life History Calendar
Title |
Life History Calendar |
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Description |
The Life History Calendar was a structured interview utilizing a grid-like format to facilitate rapid and accurate recall, on a month-to-month basis, of life events experienced by young adults. Categories of life events included arrests, imprisonment, disability, victimization, and deaths. WAVE 2: The Life History Calendar (PDF 3.6MG) was administered to Cohort 18. |
Citations |
Freedman, D., Thornton, A., Camburn, D., Alwin, D. & Young-DeMarco, L. (1988). The life history calendar: A technique for collecting retrospective data. Sociological Methodology, 37-68. |
Related Internet Resources |
PHDCN Administration
Shaded boxes indicate that the measure is not available for a given wave/cohort.
| Wave | Cohort | ||||||
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| 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 18 | |
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Related Studies
- ICPSR Study Number 13635 (PHDCN Life History Calendar, Wave 2, 1997-2000)