Deciding to give to charity: A focus group study in the context of the household economy

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 383-405

  Burgoyne, Carole B ^a   Young, Brian ^a   Walker, Catherine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Charities Aid Foundation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charity; Economic psychology; Family; Focus groups; Household; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444601171     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.832     Document Type: Article

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