Socio-economic payoffs of voluntary association involvement: A dutch life course study

European Sociological Review

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 425-442

  Ruiter, Stijn ^a   De Graaf, Nan Dirk ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 68349135217     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcn051     Document Type: Article

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