A Test of the Biographical Availability Argument for Gender Differences in Environmental Behaviors

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 241-263

  Xiao, Chenyang ^a   McCright, Aaron M ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biographical availability; environmental behaviors; gender; socialization

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; GENDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

EID: 84891618175     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916512453991     Document Type: Article

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