Generational changes in gender-role attitudes: Britain in a cross-national perspective

Sociology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 471-492

  Scott, Jacqueline ^c   Alwin, Duane F ^a   Braun, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Methoden A   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross national comparisons; Family; Gender; Gender role attitudes; Generational change; Women's employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001869053     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038596030003004     Document Type: Article

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