This study reviews and compares indicators that can serve to characterize numerically the
nature of state sequences. It also introduces several new indicators. Alongside basic …

In primates, as well as in other mammals, play fighting (PF) is a complex form of playful
activity that is structurally similar to real fighting (RF) and may also be used in a competitive …

Objective Following a life course perspective, this study examines the link between
partnership trajectories and three dimensions of psychological well-being: psychological …

Narratives of demographic shifts overlook how societal changes shape the family
trajectories of sexual minorities. Using sequence analysis, we describe how partnering and …

This chapter focuses on the heterogeneous pathways (including marital and cohabiting
union and parenting histories) through which people navigate their family life courses from …

The classic 1965 article by the Canadian-American demographer Norman Burston Ryder on
the cohort concept has inspired generations of social scientists to examine the nature and …

This chapter addresses how family complexity evolved over the life course of adults in the
United Kingdom, how it varied by birth cohort, gender, and parenthood status, and most …

This thesis addresses the challenge of dealing with missing data, which is an inevitable
issue in quantitative studies. The appropriate treatment of missing data is complex and can …