Gender role egalitarian attitudes among Chinese college students

Sex Roles

Volumn 55, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 545-553

  Zhang, Naijian ^a  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticipated age of marriage and childbearing; Career choice; Chinese college students; Gender role egalitarian attitude; Parents' education and occupation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845499269     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9108-x     Document Type: Article

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