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Notes

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    Information on the World Values Survey and access to data files may be obtained at http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org.

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    Information on the electronic version of the Human Relations Area Files (eHRFS) can be obtained at http://www.yale.edu/hraf/collections.htm.

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    Annual Human Development Reports that contain the GEM, GDI, and other useful measures from the United Nations Development Programme are available from a commercial publisher or at no cost from the web site http://www.undp.org.

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    The contacts I have made through requests for reprints have greatly enriched my professional and personal life. I am particularly grateful to Krystyna Doroszewicz, Jaehee Jung, and Xiaoying Zhang who have taught me much about cross-cultural research, greatly expanded my knowledge of other cultures, and become my friends.

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Forbes, G.B. (2010). Cross-Cultural Research Methods and the Study of Gender. In: Chrisler, J., McCreary, D. (eds) Handbook of Gender Research in Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1465-1_8

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