Entry:

Palmore, Erdman, "When Can Age, Period, and Cohort be Separated?" Social Forces, 57 (September, 1978), 282-295.


Abstract:

Any attempt to separate age, period, and cohort effects must distinguish between three levels of analysis: measuring differences, inferring effects and imputing causes.

GSS Years:

1972-73

Other Data Sets:

Stouffer 1954; DAS 1966

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
SPKCOM

ALLOW COMMUNIST TO SPEAK

LIBCOM

ALLOW COMMUNISTS BOOK IN LIBRARY

COLCOM

SHOULD COMMUNIST TEACHER BE FIRED

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT