Gender, debt, and dropping out of college

Gender & Society

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-55

  Dwyer, Rachel E ^a   Hodson, Randy ^a   McCloud, Laura ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

class; education; gender; race; work occupations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993683690     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: 15523977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243212464906     Document Type: Article

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