Opportunity and Uncertainty : : Life Course Experiences of the Class of '73 /

Opportunity and Uncertainty : : Life Course Experiences of the Class of '73 / / Paul Anisef, Paul Axelrod.

Based on the longest running panel study of its kind in Canada, this book examines events in the lives of a generation of Ontario residents who graduated from grade twelve in 1973. The study recreates the world of the early 1970s in which these high school students faced the future. It recounts thei...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Anisef, Paul,
Axelrod, Paul,
MitwirkendeR:
Heinz, Walter R.,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2000
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (368 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introducing the Class of '73
  • 1. Navigating the Life Course: School-to-Work Transitions in the 1990s
  • 2. Setting the Stage: The Past and the Future
  • 3. Educational Pathways
  • 4. The World of Employment
  • 5. Social, Career, and Geographic Mobility
  • 6. The Experiences of First-Generation Canadians
  • 7. Family Life
  • 8. Constructing the Life Course: Five Biographies
  • 9. Conclusion
  • APPENDIX A. Sample Attrition over the Six Phases of the Class of 73 Study
  • APPENDIX B. Class of '73 Project
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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