A conceptual and empirical comparison of alternative household life cycle models
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In this article we conceptually and empirically compare a number of alternative family life cycle models, ranging from traditional to "modernized." These comparisons evaluate each model's ability to identify homogenous categories, maximize between-group variation, classify nearly all households, and result in a reasonably small number of sufficient size categories. Our empirical comparisons consist of a number of between- and within-category a priori constrasts related to these criteria, as well as overall tests of each model's ability to capture attitudinal, leisure activity, and consumption differences. While the model of M.C. Gilly and B.M. Enis outperformed other models overall, we suggest potential modifications based on our a priori comparison findings. We also provide recommendations for future research to determine how to best incorporate nontraditional family forms. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Consumer Research
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0093-5301
Year: 1993
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Does cultural capital structure American consumption?
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Findings show that consumption reflects America's cultural capital structure, or the reproduction of social class and tastes. Areas studied include comparisons between communal and individual subjectivity, local and cosmopolitan preferences, materialism and idealism, and referential and critical interpretations. This theory applies to differences between high and low capital resource consumer groups.
Publication Name: Journal of Consumer Research
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0093-5301
Year: 1998
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