Longitudinal and Life Course Studies  

 

Full issue of Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, Volume 9, no 3.

Heather Joshi

The topics included in this issue range from the imputation of missing data in longitudinal surveys to demonstrating that their results make a difference in the public arena – both challenges to our research field the world over. Along the way through the... see more

Panteha Hayati Rezvan,Katherine J. Lee,Julie A. Simpson

Multiple imputation (MI) is a powerful statistical method for handling missing data. Standard implementations of MI are valid under the unverifiable assumption of missing at random (MAR), which is often implausible in practice. The delta-adjustment method... see more

Jack Lam,Francisco Perales

Chronic conditions are associated with large personal, familial and social costs, and have deleterious effects on individuals’ mental health. Drawing on the stress process model, we theorise and test how the presence of a partner moderates the extent to w... see more

Jornt Mandemakers,Matthijs Kalmijn

This paper examines whether the simultaneous occurrence of two or more adverse life course transitions has a stronger effect on mental health compared to the effects of the sum of each. The focus is on four life course transitions (partner loss (divorce/s... see more

Tiina Ristikari,Marko Merikukka,Mia Kristiina Hakovirta

The experience of economic disadvantage during childhood is a major predictor of a variety of negative outcomes during early adulthood. This study provides evidence on the significance of timing of social assistance receipt during childhood on children’s ... see more

Francis Green,Golo Henseke,Samantha Parsons,Alice Sullivan,Richard Wiggins

This paper considers for the first time whether there is school-type homogamy, and whether for women there are significant advantages from private schooling as a consequence of school-type homogamy. Its focus is Britain, where a private education is assoc... see more

Gita Devi Mishra,Katrina Moss,Colleen Loos,Annette Jane Dobson,Peter S Davies,Deborah Loxton,Kylie D Hesketh,Ilona Koupil,Carol Bower,Peter Sly,Leigh Tooth

MatCH (Mothers and their Children’s Health) is a nationwide Australian study to investigate the links between the history of health, wellbeing and living conditions of mothers and the health and development of their children. MatCH builds on the Australia... see more

David Bell

Based on Keynote Presentation to Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies Conference at Stirling University, October 2017.