Capturing gender-based microsegregation : A modified ratio index for comparative analyses

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 122-136

  Jerby, Iris ^a   Semyonov, Moshe ^a,b   Lewin Epstein, Noah ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Gender segregation; Segregation index

Indexed keywords

EID: 23444437833     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124104269669     Document Type: Article

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