Gender differences in charitable giving in Great Britain

Voluntas

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-124

  Piper, Greg ^a   Schnepf, Sylke V ^b  

^a National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charitable causes; Donations; Gender differences; Great Britain

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; INCOME; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44949208419     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-008-9057-9     Document Type: Article

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