Women's status in a rural Chinese setting

Rural Sociology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-252

  Li, Jianghong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LITERACY; RURAL SOCIETY; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 29744457273     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/0036011054776352     Document Type: Review

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