Education and occupational sex segregation: The decision to major in engineering

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 225-249

  Frehill, Lisa M ^a  

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EID: 0040563061     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1997.tb00475.x     Document Type: Article

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