Cohort

A group of people born around the same time who experience particular historical circumstances at similar stages of life.

A group of people born during a particular period who may share experiences of the social conditions in which they grew up.

The distinction between life-course and cohort diversity is especially important. A person's family life may change as they grow older: that is life-course diversity. Two people of different generations may have different expectations because they grew up under different laws and attitudes: that is cohort diversity.

Distinguish life-course diversity, which concerns stages of a person's life, from cohort diversity, which concerns people shaped by different historical periods.

Distinguish life-course diversity from cohort diversity: life course concerns stages within a person's life; cohort concerns the historical circumstances experienced by a generation.

Link methodological evaluation to this study: three years of observation provided depth, but one school limits generalisation and different cohorts make causal conclusions difficult.

A group of people who move through an institution or experience a process during the same period, such as pupils in the same school year.

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