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How conflict shapes the impact of infant and child mortality on fertility in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 冲突如何影响刚果民主共和国婴儿和儿童死亡率对生育率的影响

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Advances in Life Course Research Pub Date : 2025-07-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2025.100692

Guerschom Mugisho

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Hustling over the life course: Reconciling cultural norms and socio-economic realities for young mothers in Nairobi, Kenya 在生命历程中奔波：肯尼亚内罗毕年轻母亲的文化规范和社会经济现实的调和

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Advances in Life Course Research Pub Date : 2025-07-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2025.100691

Seung Wan Kim , Kirsten Stoebenau , Milka Omuya , Ann Muthoni , Raphael Musyoki , Rukia Nyambura , Victor Ambula

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Diverging trends in the age of social and biological transitions to adulthood 社会和生理年龄向成年过渡的不同趋势

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Advances in Life Course Research Pub Date : 2025-06-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2025.100690

Vegard Skirbekk , Christian K. Tamnes , Pétur Benedikt Júlíusson , Astanand Jugessur , Tilmann von Soest

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Changes in women’s family trajectories in Mexico and Colombia 墨西哥和哥伦比亚妇女家庭轨迹的变化

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Advances in Life Course Research Pub Date : 2025-05-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2025.100686

Pilar Wiegand-Cruz , Viviana Salinas

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Rushed into adulthood: Child marriage and women’s work-family life courses in Egypt 仓促步入成年：埃及的童婚和妇女的工作-家庭生活历程

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Advances in Life Course Research Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2025.100687

Mariam Abouelenin , Yang Hu

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Women’s pathways to motherhood in India: The intersecting roles of partnership and educational trajectories 印度妇女成为母亲的途径：伙伴关系和教育轨迹的交叉作用

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Advances in Life Course Research Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2025.100688

Rojin Sadeghi , Matthias Studer , Michel Oris

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Navigating threads of a young adult life-course: Tangled complexity in the education and work pathways of African university graduates 青年人生轨迹的导航：非洲大学毕业生教育和工作路径的错综复杂

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Advances in Life Course Research Pub Date : 2025-05-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2025.100689

Adam Cooper , Andrea Juan , Nokhetho Mhlanga

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Facilitating the recall of biographical data: Alternatives to life history calendars 促进传记数据的回忆：生活史日历的替代品

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Advances in Life Course Research Pub Date : 2025-05-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2025.100677

Irina Bauer

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Religious affiliation and the division of housework over the life course 宗教信仰和一生中家务的分工

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Advances in Life Course Research Pub Date : 2025-05-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2025.100676

Luoman Bao, Zhe (Meredith) Zhang, Roseann Giarrusso

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Silver sanctions: Legal financial obligations in an aging population 银发制裁：人口老龄化的法律财务义务

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Advances in Life Course Research Pub Date : 2025-05-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2025.100674

Kate K. O’Neill, Alexes Harris

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