Age, income, and gender: Demographic determinants of community theater patronage

Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 29-43

  Stafford, Marla Royne ^a   Tripp, Carolyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographics; Nonprofit; Segmentation; Theater

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749094142     PISSN: 10495142     EISSN: 15406997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J054v08n02_04     Document Type: Article

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