This chapter estimates the five sets of relationships discussed in the previous chapter, using two surveys. It first estimates relationships the first four sets, using the British Cohort Study data (BCS) on children born in 1970. Then the chapter estimates the fifth relationship, using data on the British cohort born mainly in the county of Avon in 1991–1992. These are of course results for Britain, but they are typical of what is found across the advanced world. And though the analysis in the chapter is purely cross-sectional, the chapter also discusses panel estimation at length. At this point, the key lesson is the power of these studies to shed a completely new perspective on human life.
A New Perspective on the Generational Structures of Families – Generational Placements over the Life Course
