Life course inequalities: generations and social class

2006 ◽  
pp. 67-85
Author(s):  
Johan Fritzell
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Life Course

scholarly journals “They Live in Indifference Together”: Marriage Mobility in Zeeland, The Netherlands, 1796–1922

2005 ◽  
Vol 50 (S13) ◽  
pp. 247-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilde Bras ◽  
Jan Kok
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Social Class ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
Mixed Marriage ◽  
Government Report ◽  
Logistic Regressions ◽  
The Life Course

This article investigates developments in and antecedents of socially mixed marriage in the rural Dutch province of Zeeland during the long nineteenth century, taking individual and family histories, community contexts, and temporal influences into account. A government report of the 1850s said of Zeeland that farmers and workers lived “in indifference together”. However, our analysis of about 163,000 marriage certificates reveals that 30 to 40 per cent of these rural inhabitants continued to marry outside their original social class. Multivariate logistic regressions show that heterogamous marriages can be explained first and foremost by the life-course experiences of grooms and brides prior to marriage. Previous transitions in their occupational careers (especially to non-rural occupations for grooms, and to service for brides), in their migration trajectories (particularly moves to urban areas), and changes in the sphere of personal relationships (entering widowhood, ageing) are crucial in understanding marriage mobility.

Social class and inequality in later life

2020 ◽  
pp. 19-40
Author(s):  
Chris Gilleard ◽  
Paul Higgs
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Cumulative Advantage ◽  
Social Gerontology ◽  
The Life Course

This chapter begins with a consideration of models and theories concerning social class. It focuses upon the distinctions between relational and gradational models of class. It then explores how these different models seem to be articulated in later life and the model of cumulative advantage and disadvantage employed in much social gerontology. Following from such considerations, it explores both the connections and the disjunctions that exists between working and post working life. The chapter concludes with a consideration of how consumption and consumerism have grown in significance as markers of distinction and determinants of difference, not just in later life but throughout the life course.

scholarly journals Independence and relationality in notions of adulthood across generations, gender and social class

2020 ◽  
pp. 003802612093142
Author(s):  
Ann Nilsen
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Gender Expectations ◽  
The Core ◽  
Biographical Approach ◽  
Provider Role ◽  
Historical Periods ◽  
Primary Carer ◽  
Case Based

The adult person is in sociological literature often referred to as a genderless and classless being. As a life course phase it is implicitly viewed as a static destination after a dynamic transition period of youth. The aim of this article is to empirically examine perceptions of adulthood in biographical interviews in three-generation Norwegian families. A case-based biographical approach related to gender and social class across historical periods is at the core of the analysis. Thoughts on independence and the Mead-inspired concept of relationality are used as sensitising concepts to examine general ideals and personal considerations in notions of adulthood. The analyses indicate variations over historical periods, generations and life course phases wherein relationality or independence become significant. Relationality may take on different meanings with reference to period-specific gender expectations such as the male provider role and women as the primary carer in families in the oldest generations. Ideals of individual independence as choice or necessity vary according to life course phase, social class and period-specific conditions.

Life course social class and physical activity at age 34 years in the 1970 British birth cohort

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. S58
Author(s):  
C. Juneau ◽  
A. Sullivan ◽  
S. Côté ◽  
B. Dodgeon ◽  
L. Potvin
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Birth Cohort

Men's life course trajectories: Exploring the differences by cohort and social class

2006 ◽  
Vol 53 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 120-139
Author(s):  
Zenaida R. Ravanera ◽  
Thomas K. Burch ◽  
Femando Rajulton
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Life Course

Risk factors of social assistance transitions: a case-control study for Germany

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (13/14) ◽  
pp. 714-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Fuchs
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Social Stratification ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Income Poverty ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Stratum ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Poverty transitions can be explained by two opposing theories: the traditional sociological approach that focusses on social stratification and individualisation theory, which emphasises on life course risks for all strata. Both perspectives have been investigated extensively for income poverty while neglecting other important poverty indicators, such as deprivation or the receipt of social assistance. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the latter to investigate the impact of social stratification (e.g. social class), life course risks (e.g. health problems), and their interactions on the probability of social assistance entry for Germany. Design/methodology/approach The analysis utilises survey data containing a sample of first-time social assistance entrants and a sample of the residential population. Applying case-control methodology, logistic regression is conducted to model the impact of social stratification determinants, life course risks, and their interactions on the probability of social assistance entry. Findings Social stratification determinants, particularly social class, have a significant effect. However, their effect is weaker than the effect of life course risks. Contrary to the prediction of individualisation theory, the poverty-triggering impact of life course risks varies substantially by social stratum. The combination of both theories yields high predictive power. Originality/value This paper is the first to comprehensively test social stratification and individualisation theory with respect to social assistance receipt as a poverty indicator. It is the first paper that investigates the entire population at risk of social assistance entry in Germany.

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