Social participation revisited: Disentangling and explaining period, life-cycle and cohort effects

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-121

  Van Ingen, Erik ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

APC analysis; Civic engagement; Informal social life; Social participation; Sociology; Time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349183813     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: 15023869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699308090038     Document Type: Article

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