Young Australian Women and Their Aspirations: "It's Hard Enough Thinking a Week or Two in Advance at the Moment"

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 351-376

  Johnstone, Melissa ^a   Lee, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

aspirations; Australian women; emerging adulthood; family; identity; qualitative; work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859881344     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: 15526895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558411409932     Document Type: Article

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