Gendered consumer competences in households with one vs. two adults1

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-41

  Berg, Lisbet ^a   Teigen, Mari ^b  

^a Statens institutt for forbruksforskning   (Norway)

^b Institute for Social Resarch (ISF)   (Norway)

Author keywords

Consumer competence; Daily consumption; Gendered consumption; Technological consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994416999     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2008.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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