Analyzing Inequality : Life chances and social mobility in comparative perspective

CONTENTS List of Tables and Figures xx List of Contributors xx Preface xxx Chapter One Introduction 1 Stefan Svallfors Chapter two Life Courses and Life Chances in a Comparative Perspective 00 Karl Ulrich Mayer Chapter three Progress in Sociology: The Case of Social Mobility Research 61 John H Goldthorpe Chapter four Social Indicators, Policy, and Measuring Progress 97 A B Atkinson Chapter five Family Structure, Gender Roles and Social Inequality 126 Annemette S rensen Chapter six Inequalities in Later Life: Gender, marital status and health behaviours 152 Sara Arber Index