ICPSR Bulletin


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Data Archive Bulletin


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Drugs and Crime Facts


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Methods of Life Course Research


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What are the most effective methods for doing life course research? The field′s founders and leaders answer this question, giving readers tips on: the art and method of the appropriate research design; the collection of life-history data; and the search for meaningful patterns to be found in the results.







Historical Influences on Lives and Aging


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This book focuses on the ways in which the life course of individuals is affected by the historical contexts in which they live. Editors Schaie and Elder, along with over twenty-five contributors, explore how historical events of varying degrees such as immigration, war, age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status can affect the immediate and long-term life course.







Rural Data, People, And Policy


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This volume paints a critical view of the state of rural data systems in America with a collection of contributions leading scholars in the social sciences arena. It places an important wake-up call social scientists engaged in rural research, alerting them to the problems of existing data systems.




Methods of Research on Human Development and Families


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This text is an introduction to quantitative and qualitative research methods for undergraduate students majoring in Human Development and Family Studies, and now includes useful applications and key examples from human development.