The quality and comparability of survey data on charitable giving

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-84

  Wilhelm, Mark O ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charitable contributions; Charitable donations; Relative distributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846970505     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764006293177     Document Type: Review

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