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the state of personal networks and life trajectories in three very distinct
national contexts.
Acknowledgement The authors of the chapter wish to acknowledge sponsors
that made it possible to carry out this investigation, the results of which are
presented in the chapter. In Switzerland, the research was supported by the Swiss
National Science Foundation and the Swiss National Centre of Competence in
Research LIVES Overcoming Vulnerability: Life-Course Perspectives. In
Portugal, the research was carried out within the national survey, “Family
Trajectories and Social Networks”, coordinated by Professor K. Wall from the
Institute of Social Sciences (ICS) from the University of Lisbon. In Lithuania,
the research was carried out based on data collected within the research project,
“Trajectories of Family Models and Personal Networks: Intergenerational
Perspective”, coordinated by Professor V. Kanopiené from Mykolas Romeris
University (Lithuania) and funded by the Research Council of Lithuania.
Notes
- Recodification based on ISCED: 1 – Primary education (No formal edu-
cation, Pre-primary education, and Primary education or first stage of
basic education); 2 – Lower secondary education (Lower secondary or
second stage of basic education); 3 – Upper secondary education ((Upper)
secondary education, and Post-secondary non-tertiary education); 4 –
Tertiary 1 education (First stage of tertiary education); 5 – Tertiary 2 edu-
cation (Second stage of tertiary education).
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