Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term
årskull
5 -1 | year cohort | Sven Petersson |
5 | age group (class of 19**) | Hugh Curtis |
4 | age cohort | Larry Abramson |
Oct 10, 2007 16:29: Mabel Garzón changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/30997">Mabel Garzón's</a> old entry - "årskull "" to ""year cohort""
Proposed translations
year cohort
disagree |
E2efour (X)
: Does not express the year when people were born. "Birth cohort" would be better. Added: year cohort normally means over a period of a year or a particular class of students, not the year of birth. A definition is needed.
15 hrs
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Nope, that's period or year; please see http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=38209
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age group (class of 19**)
agree |
E2efour (X)
: Added: I don't think the "class of 19**) is relevant here.
50 mins
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Thanks E2efour
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disagree |
Sven Petersson
: Please see my answer and reference!
3 hrs
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age cohort
neutral |
E2efour (X)
: I don't think there's any practical difference. A cohort is a group. Class of 19** is a special cohort, but not relevant for pensions.
26 mins
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Discussion
"Year cohort" means little and would have to be defined. "Birth cohort" means an age group, either born in the same year or in an interval.