livsløpets
Livsløpets, commonly referred to in English as the life course, is a theoretical and empirical framework used in sociology, demography, and psychology to study how individuals experience a sequence of life events and transitions over time, shaped by social structures, institutions, and historical context.
Core concepts include life stages (childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age), transitions (education completion, entering the labor
Methods and domains: life course research relies on longitudinal data, life history interviews, and sequence analysis
Applications and significance: insights from the life course approach inform social policy, retirement planning, education and
Related fields include life course theory and life course epidemiology, which apply the concepts to health