The graying of America and support for funding the nation's schools

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 66-86

  Plutzer, Eric ^a   Berkman, Michael ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 24144440946     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfi010     Document Type: Article

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