Do middle-class students perceive poor women and poor men differently?

Sex Roles

Volumn 47, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 519-529

  Cozzarelli, Catherine ^a   Tagler, Michael J ^a   Wilkinson, Anna V ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; gender; poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036976659     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022038200071     Document Type: Article

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