Gender and the Transmission of Civic Engagement: Assessing the Influences on Youth Civic Activity

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 448-474

  Matthews, Todd L ^a   Hempel, Lynn M ^b   Howell, Frank M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 77955150585     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: 1475682X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.2010.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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