Social Genealogies Commented on and Compared: An Instrument for Observing Social Mobility Processes in the `Longue Durée'

Using Family Histories to Understand the Intergenerational Transmission of Chronic Poverty

“…• the use of theoretical sampling to anchor the qualitative family histories within the context of quantitative empirical results that will have come from panel studies; • the collection of 'social genealogies' (Bertaux, 1995) as a means of linking the quantitative findings with the qualitative material arising from in-depth interviews within families and as means of focussing and structuring the interviews around the intergenerational transmission of poverty within families;…”

“…4 As well as two or more families sharing the same dwelling, a single family quite commonly can have members of other families living with it; for instance, when a family takes in non-related boarders or has child, adolescent or adult servants who 'live in'. 5 A 'social genealogical' (Bertaux, 1995) chart of family members across several generations that contains key sociological information for each person. The construction of a genealogical grid is explained in depth below.…”

Familias, retornos educativos y clases sociales. Valorización de capital cultural y estrategias escolares de clase media y clase trabajadora en Córdoba (Argentina)

“…En las familias se da la transmisión de recursos morales y culturales, que toman lugar durante la infancia y los años de escolarización. Constituyen, además, el lugar del pensamiento estratégico para la movilización de recursos, con redes protectoras contra la dura competencia (Bertaux, 1995).…”

Men in Manual Occupations

“…In the present context, it was taken as a sign of saturation when the added value of each new case (interview) seemed to be of decreasing value for providing answers to the research questions. As argued by Bertaux (1995), specific sampling criteria are an important precondition for achieving saturation in life history research.…”