Gender differences in policy preferences: A summary of trends from the 1960s to the 1980s

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 42-61

  Shapiro, Robert Y ^a   Mahajan, Harpreet ^b  

^a University of Chicago   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 84963040882     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/268958     Document Type: Article

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