The Reverse Environmental Gender Gap in China: Evidence from "The China Survey"*

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-20

  Shields, Todd ^a   Zeng, Ka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; PUBLIC OPINION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84864978348     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2011.00802.x     Document Type: Article

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