Who participates? Socioeconomic factors associated with women's participation in voluntary groups

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-122

  Osborne, Katy ^a   Ziersch, Anna ^b   Baum, Fran ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Health Inequities Program

Author keywords

Health; Social capital; Socioeconomic differences; Voluntary group participation; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049099245     PISSN: 01576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2008.tb00092.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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