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Title: The Five Life Decisions: How Economic Principles and 18 Million Millennials Can Guide Your Thinking
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1. Michael, Robert T.
The Five Life Decisions: How Economic Principles and 18 Million Millennials Can Guide Your Thinking
Chicago IL: University of Chicago Press, 2016
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Health Factors; Marital Satisfaction/Quality; NLS Description; Occupational Choice; Parenthood

[The author] brings in data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, a scientific sample of 18 million millennials in the United States that tracks more than a decade of young adult choices and consequences. As the survey's longtime principal investigator and project director, Michael shows that the aggregate decisions can help us understand what might lie ahead along many possible paths--offering readers insights about how their own choices may turn out.

Chapter 1. Making Choices
Chapter 2. More Schooling?
Chapter 3. Deciding on an Occupation
Chapter 4. Decisions about a Partner
Chapter 5. Parenting
Chapter 6. Health Habits
Chapter 7. Wrapping Up

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Michael, Robert T. The Five Life Decisions: How Economic Principles and 18 Million Millennials Can Guide Your Thinking. Chicago IL: University of Chicago Press, 2016.