The study of women’s deprivation: How to reveal the gender dimension of poverty

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-118

  Ruspini, Elisabetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

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EID: 85011131128     PISSN: 13645579     EISSN: 14645300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645570010014300     Document Type: Article

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