Ideology, power, and equity: Testing competing explanations for the perception of fairness in household labor

Social Forces

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1043-1071

  DeMaris, Alfred ^a   Longmore, Monica A ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAIRNESS PERCEPTION; GENDER STUDY; HOUSEHOLD LABOUR; WOMEN'S LABOUR;

USA;

EID: 0029839561     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/74.3.1043     Document Type: Article

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