Gender and family effects on the "second-shift" domestic activity of college-educated young adults

Gender and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 78-93

  Perkins, H Wesley ^a   Demeis, Debra K ^b  

^a HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030305167     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089124396010001006     Document Type: Article

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