Born in 1953 The story about a post-war Swedish cohort, and a longitudinal research project

"At the beginning of the 1960s, Swedish researchers started a sociological study of all children born in Stockholm in 1953, Project Metropolitan. This book describes the project's at times dramatic history, where issues of personal integrity and the role of social sciences were heavily deb...

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Main Author: Stenberg, Sten-Åke (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Stockholm Stockholm University Press 2018
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