Men's and Women's volunteering: Gender differences in the effects of employment and family characteristics

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-101

  Taniguchi, Hiromi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Family; Gender; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745168609     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764005282481     Document Type: Article

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