Apparel expenditure variation among us households headed by baby boomers

Journal of the Textile Institute

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 99-113

  Norum, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; COSTS; DATA PROCESSING; HOUSES; SURVEYING;

APPAREL EXPENDITURE; BABY BOOM GENERATION; US HOUSEHOLDS;

TEXTILES;

CONSUMERS; COSTS; DATA PROCESSING; HOUSES; SURVEYS; TEXTILES;

APPAREL EXPENDITURES; BABY BOOM GENERATIONS; CONSUMER EXPENDITURES; HOMOGENEOUS GROUPS; SHEER SIZES; US HOUSEHOLDS;

EID: 24744466739     PISSN: 00405000     EISSN: 17542340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00405000308630623     Document Type: Article

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