Cohort change and the diffusion of environmental concern: A cross-national analysis

Population and Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-25

  Nawrotzki, Raphael J ^a   Pampel, Fred C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Affluence hypothesis; Cohort change; Diffusion; Environmental concern; ISSP; Multilevel; Post materialist hypothesis

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ELDERLY POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; ENVIRONMENTALISM; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 84881046642     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-012-0182-4     Document Type: Article

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