Comparative life history study of two species of Nemouridae (Plecoptera) from an intermittent-perennial stream continuum from the central Kentucky karst region, U.S.A.

Summary This paper contributes to the literature on the determinants of children’s human capital by analyzing the effects of birth order in Germany. These effects are typically attributed to sibling rivalry for parental resources. For our analysis we use data collected as part of the German Life History Study on birth cohorts 1946-1977. We find a substantial positive impact of being first born on the probability of completing higher secondary education. Analyzing gender differences, we find stronger effects for boys. Furthermore, birth order effects are more prevailing in small families. The results are discussed against the background of equal opportunities in the German educational system.

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Whether Mahatma Gandhi Was Misinterpreted Through the Dilemma of Irrelevant and Relevant Philosophies?

The Oriental Anthropologist: A Bi-annual International Journal of the Science of Man ◽

10.1177/0972558x211057161 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 0972558X2110571

Author(s):

Mithun Sikdar

Keyword(s):

Life History ◽

Life Experiences ◽

Sexual Life ◽

Health Food ◽

Social Scientists ◽

Mahatma Gandhi ◽

Current Anthropology ◽

The Individual ◽

Life History Study

In one of the articles published in Current Anthropology way back in 1973, David G. Mandelbaum talked about two approaches to understand the life of an individual. For him, to observe the lifestyle of a person or gain the knowledge about a lifestyle of a person, social scientists always succumb to two main approaches: life passage studies and life history studies. Life passage studies understand the contribution of society about the socialization and enculturation of their young ones, whereas life history studies emphasize the personified experiences and requirements of the individuals and how the individual copes up with the society. Here I have adopted the means of life history study to see some of the facets of Gandhiji’s life and its influence in the society. I shall do it by looking at some of his philosophies on health, food, sexual life, rather than going into the details of his whole life history. I shall do it without perplexing my own way of understanding “Mahatma” and linking sometimes my own life experiences that had been influenced by the philosophies of Gandhiji. I shall be carrying out an autoethnography by perceiving the virtues of Gandhiji in my own life. Nevertheless, it will rather be a futile exercise to describe his philosophies in a single paper and that too with a minimum experience on his whole life.

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Flexible parametric multistate modelling of employment history

Statistical Modelling ◽

10.1177/1471082x19836299 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (3) ◽

pp. 323-338

Author(s):

Ardo van den Hout ◽

Wenhui Tan

Keyword(s):

Life History ◽

Longitudinal Data ◽

Rate Of Change ◽

Latent Classes ◽

Parametric Modelling ◽

Multistate Model ◽

Employment History ◽

Gamma Distributions ◽

Generalized Gamma Distributions ◽

Life History Study

A multistate model is used to describe employment history. Transition-specific rates are defined using generalized gamma distributions and Gompertz distributions. This flexible parametric modelling of the rate of change is combined with latent classes for unobserved propensity to change jobs. The propensity is described by two latent classes which can be interpreted as consisting of movers and stayers. The modelling is illustrated by analysing longitudinal data from the German Life History Study.

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Reconsidering What Feels Like Failure: Lessons From Environmental Life History

Australian Journal of Environmental Education ◽

10.1017/s081406260000392x ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 14 ◽

pp. 27-38

Author(s):

Mary Faeth Chenery ◽

Almut Beringer

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Life History ◽

Environmental Education ◽

Research Method ◽

Qualitative Research Method ◽

Study Setting ◽

Life History Study

ABSTRACTIn the research which was the original focus for this account, an ‘environmental life history’ study, things turned out as expected—findings replicated previous environmental life history results. Yet the investigator in this apparently ‘successful’ research, Mary Faeth Chenery, was left with questions such as “So what?” and “Have I simply reproduced the conditions which contribute to the problems I'm trying to solve?” Her colleague, Almut Beringer, has critiqued—and ‘re-viewed’—the study, setting out some reasons why the research was indeed of value. The two ‘halves’ of this article open a dialogue about the value of environmental life history research, and offer some insights into qualitative research method in environmental education. In the process, implications may be drawn for environmental education and for a range of issues within qualitative research.

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