Ethnicity, gender, and the theory of planned behavior: The case of playing the lottery

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 224-248

  Walker, Gordon J ^a   Courneya, Kerry S ^a   Deng, Jinyang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gambling; Gender; Leisure; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; GAMBLING; GENDER ROLE;

EID: 33744511187     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2006.11950077     Document Type: Article

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