Abstract:Social organisation of the human life-cycle, and particularly its division into age groups, has undergone profound changes. To the three classic stages in the life-cycle -preparation for occupational life, remunerated activity and family life, and withdrawal from active life (retirement) -are now added periods of transition of increasing duration and whose shape is becoming increasingly difficult to predict: -adolescence, and frequently post-adolescence, from the ages of 15 to 25 or even 30 years; -maturescenc… Show more
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