| Abstrakt: |
Neugarten (1968) has called internalized concepts that regulate progression through the age related events of the adult years the “social clock.” This study suggests that major life events such as marriage and migration were well structured by the social and political milieu existing at the turn of the century. Given the dates of birth for the 410 men and 415 women who settled in an area of north central Kansas before 1911, dates of and ages at marriage, dates of and ages at migration to Kansas, years of death (and, therefore, ages at death), and the numbers and sex of children may be predicted with reasonable accuracy. These biographical variables are highly intercorrelated. |
