Educating women: Gender inequalities among Canadian university graduates

Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-142

  Davies, Scott ^a   Mosher, Clayton ^b   O'Grady, Bill ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040653480     PISSN: 00084948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618x.1996.tb00191.x     Document Type: Article

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