Social stratification, living conditions and the White Male effect in Sweden

Sozialer Fortschritt

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 63-68

  Olofsson, Anna ^a   Rashid, Saman ^a  

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EID: 84883384380     PISSN: 0038609X     EISSN: 18655386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3790/sfo.60.3.63     Document Type: Article

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