The knowledge gap: A reexamination of gender-based differences in political knowledge

Journal of Politics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 492-512

  Mondak, Jeffery J ^a   Anderson, Mary R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2442511778     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2508.2004.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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