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Introduction: seven stages |
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1 | (16) |
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4 | (1) |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (4) |
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10 | (4) |
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14 | (3) |
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At first the infant: ages 0--4 |
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17 | (38) |
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19 | (3) |
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22 | (2) |
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Marriage versus lone parenthood of the parents of infants |
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24 | (2) |
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Brothers and sisters of infants and children |
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26 | (2) |
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Girls and boys: the balance in infancy |
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28 | (2) |
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Over-crowding in families with infants |
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30 | (2) |
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Home ownership among the families of infants |
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32 | (2) |
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Tenure of the homes of infants |
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34 | (2) |
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Cars and houses of the families of infants |
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36 | (2) |
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Social class of the family of infants |
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38 | (2) |
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40 | (2) |
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Disability and health of infants |
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42 | (2) |
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Born abroad for all infants |
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44 | (2) |
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Majority-minority birthplace of infants and children |
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46 | (2) |
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Ethnicity of UK born infants and dependent children |
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48 | (2) |
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Religion ascribed to infants |
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50 | (2) |
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Conclusion: the lives of the under-fives |
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52 | (3) |
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Then, the whining schoolboy: ages 5-15 |
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55 | (32) |
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56 | (2) |
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The family you grow up with in childhood |
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58 | (2) |
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The marriages of parents of children |
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60 | (2) |
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62 | (2) |
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Splitting up and coming together of families of children |
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64 | (2) |
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Boarding: living away from home for children |
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66 | (2) |
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Religion: beliefs from home given to children |
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68 | (2) |
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Age and moving home for children |
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70 | (2) |
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Cars and houses: five to 10 years on, for children |
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72 | (2) |
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No place like home: tenure of families for children |
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74 | (2) |
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What's a home worth? Wealth of dependent children |
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76 | (2) |
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Poverty: where children have least |
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78 | (2) |
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Grading: awarding qualifications to children |
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80 | (2) |
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Class mixing in childhood |
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82 | (2) |
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84 | (2) |
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Conclusion: the schooling years |
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86 | (1) |
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And then the lover, ages 16-24 |
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87 | (36) |
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88 | (2) |
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Setting up home, first marriages, young widows in young adulthood |
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90 | (2) |
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Married young, living apart and cohabiting in young adulthood |
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92 | (2) |
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What are you doing with your life in young adulthood? |
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94 | (2) |
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Not in education, employment or training in young adulthood |
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96 | (2) |
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Certificates, diplomas and degrees in young adulthood |
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98 | (2) |
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Who gets to go to university in young adulthood |
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100 | (2) |
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Dreaming spires and other heart's desires in young adulthood |
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102 | (2) |
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How old are you within young adulthood? |
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104 | (2) |
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Have you got a car in young adulthood? |
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106 | (2) |
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Where do you live and have you got children in young adulthood? |
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108 | (2) |
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Where do you come from and what do you believe in young adulthood? |
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110 | (2) |
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Where do you work and what do you do there in young adulthood? |
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112 | (2) |
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So what do you really do in young adulthood? |
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114 | (2) |
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So, are you a posh young adult? |
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116 | (2) |
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How about if we were to look at your class the way they used to for young adults? |
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118 | (2) |
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So, is there anyone back at your place? Caring by, and health of young adults |
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120 | (2) |
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Conclusion: the years in between |
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122 | (1) |
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Then a soldier: ages 25-39 |
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123 | (40) |
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124 | (2) |
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Accounting for the sexes: missing men in midlife |
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126 | (2) |
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Never married, first marriage and `smug marrieds' in midlife |
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128 | (2) |
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Remarried, separated or divorced: who already has a story to tell in midlife? |
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130 | (2) |
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Broken marriages and broken lives: separation and widowhood in midlife |
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132 | (2) |
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The household you live in (and who else is there) in midlife |
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134 | (2) |
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The family you are part of (and who still is not there) in midlife |
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136 | (2) |
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The families that share a neighbourhood: different ways of being midlife |
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138 | (2) |
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What have you done with your life by midlife? |
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140 | (2) |
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Were midlifers doing much too much, much too young? |
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142 | (2) |
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Would it be rude to ask how old you are in midlife? |
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144 | (2) |
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Do you drive? And other questions often not asked of those in midlife |
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146 | (2) |
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Got a mortgage? Continuation on a theme for those in midlife |
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148 | (2) |
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Where do you come from and what do you believe in midlife? |
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150 | (2) |
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Middle management in middle England in midlife |
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152 | (2) |
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A nation of shopkeepers? Industry and midlife |
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154 | (2) |
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Knowing your place: class and lower management in midlife |
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156 | (2) |
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Social grade: another way to partition those in midlife |
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158 | (2) |
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Providing care: how else the midlifers live differently across the divide |
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160 | (2) |
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Conclusion: the midlife years of conformity |
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162 | (1) |
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And then, the justice: ages 40-59 |
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163 | (42) |
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164 | (2) |
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166 | (2) |
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168 | (2) |
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Separation, divorce and widowhood in maturity |
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170 | (2) |
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From married and living apart to cohabiting in the country in maturity |
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172 | (2) |
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With children where they are still at home in maturity |
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174 | (2) |
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Keeping yourself busy at work and at home in maturity |
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176 | (2) |
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Sick, disabled, or otherwise incapacitated, reliant on benefits in maturity |
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178 | (2) |
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Full of wise saws, modern instances, but not so many certificates in maturity |
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180 | (2) |
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Places of preferences for those in maturity |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (2) |
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Tenure and the mixing of neighbourhoods in maturing |
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186 | (2) |
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Ethnicity, ancestry, religion and belief identities in maturity |
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188 | (2) |
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The kaleidoscope of occupational identity in maturity |
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190 | (2) |
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From real estate, renting and business to manufacturing: industry in maturity |
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192 | (2) |
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Remaining in your place: class and class mixing in the mature years |
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194 | (2) |
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Social grade and social climbing: from midlife to maturity |
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196 | (2) |
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Providing care in maturity |
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198 | (2) |
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Illness, disability and poor health in maturity |
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200 | (4) |
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Concluding maturity: the years out of midlife and towards retirement |
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204 | (1) |
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The lean and the slippered pantaloon: ages 60-74 |
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205 | (46) |
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206 | (2) |
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Sex ratios in old age: places that age before and after their times |
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208 | (2) |
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Single and never married or still within their first marriage in old age |
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210 | (2) |
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Widowed, remarried, separated or divorced in old age |
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212 | (2) |
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214 | (2) |
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Living alone and other living arrangements in old age |
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216 | (2) |
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Retired, retired everywhere, or sick, disabled or working in old age |
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218 | (2) |
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When did you last have a job in old age? |
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220 | (2) |
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Retirement by age and sex in old age |
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222 | (2) |
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Benefits, Pension Credits and income deprivation in old age |
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224 | (2) |
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Qualifications in old age and the legacy of schooling half a century ago |
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226 | (2) |
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Age, cohort, sex and sorting within old age |
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228 | (2) |
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Cars and means of travelling to work for those who still do in old age |
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230 | (2) |
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Housing tenure and communal living in old age |
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232 | (2) |
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State of housing and space in housing in old age |
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234 | (2) |
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Ethnicity, past migrations, current stories, religious beliefs and non-beliefs in old age |
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236 | (2) |
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Occupations major and minor, and in combination in old age |
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238 | (2) |
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Industry and the neighbourhoods that typify each and are typified by each in old age |
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240 | (2) |
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Class, dreams, aspirations, drudgery, routine and neighbours in old age |
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242 | (2) |
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244 | (2) |
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Health in old age: what you should expect depends on where you live |
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246 | (2) |
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Living with a limiting long-term illness in old age |
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248 | (2) |
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Concluding old age: the penultimate act for most, the last for many |
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250 | (1) |
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To end this strange eventful history: aged 75+ |
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251 | (32) |
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252 | (2) |
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Which birthday cards should sell best in which places for the truly elderly? |
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254 | (2) |
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Single and never married for those who are truly elderly? |
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256 | (2) |
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Still in your first marriage when truly elderly |
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258 | (2) |
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Widowed when truly elderly |
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260 | (2) |
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Truly elderly living alone |
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262 | (2) |
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Tenure, communal establishments and the truly elderly |
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264 | (2) |
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Stepping out and down or up: truly elderly living by floor level |
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266 | (2) |
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Welfare benefits, central heating, under- and over-crowding for the truly elderly |
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268 | (2) |
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Access to cars and driving for the truly elderly |
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270 | (2) |
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Ethnic identity and religious adherence among the truly elderly |
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272 | (2) |
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Health status of the truly elderly |
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274 | (2) |
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Disability and health status of the truly elderly |
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276 | (2) |
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Disability and health status by sex of the truly elderly |
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278 | (2) |
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280 | (2) |
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Conclusion: they have their exits -- the final acts of life in Britain |
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282 | (1) |
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Conclusion: merely players? |
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285 | (1) |
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Life's stages from infancy to the truly elderly |
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286 | (2) |
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Voting, abstaining, dissenting and political identity at ages 18+ |
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288 | (2) |
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Rich, poor, exclusive wealth, extreme poverty, and the rest in Britain at all ages |
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290 | (2) |
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From the fertile crescent to the peaks of despair: what is normal in Britain across all ages |
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292 | (4) |
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Concluding the conclusion: social topography of the stage |
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