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Environmental Concern and Sociodemographic Variables: A Study of Statistical Models

Chenyang Xiao Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania
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Aaron M. McCright Lyman Briggs School of Science and in the Department of Sociology and Environmental Science and Policy Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Pages 3-14 | Published online: 07 Aug 2010

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