Gender Role Attitudes of Female Students in Single-Sex and Coeducational High Schools in Istanbul

Sex Roles

Volumn 69, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 455-468

  Erarslan, Ayse Burcin ^a   Rankin, Bruce ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coeducation; Gender role attitudes; High school; Neighborhoods; Single sex schools; Socioeconomic background; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884820897     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-013-0277-0     Document Type: Article

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