Abstract

A previous paper (Hutchison, 1988) in this journal has provided an introduction to the basic concepts of survival and event history analysis, originally developed in medical research, econometrics and engineering, and argued the case for their wider application in the social sciences. This paper introduces some further complications that the researcher is likely to meet, and offers some guidelines for handling problems that arise in applying such methods to the highly complex social situations involved.

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