Women's autonomy in rural india: Need for culture and context

International Social Work

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-186

  Singh, Shweta ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Indian women; International development; Measurement invariance; Women's autonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649281291     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872809355397     Document Type: Article

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