Gender gaps in indigenous socioeconomic outcomes: Australian regional comparisons and international possibilities

International Indigenous Policy Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Yap, Mandy ^a   Biddle, Nicholas ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Educational attainment; Gender based analysis; Human Development Index; Income; Indigenous; Life expectancy; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055440227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19165781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18584/iipj.2010.1.2.3     Document Type: Article

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