Social status correlates of reporting gender discrimination and racial discrimination among racially diverse women

Women and Health

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-15

  Ro, Annie E ^a   Choi, Kyung Hee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Gender discrimination; Racial discrimination; Social correlates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62149124908     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630240802694756     Document Type: Article

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