The relationship between wives' estimates of time spent doing housework, support and wives' well-being

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 413-423

  Noor, Noraini M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Distribution of household labour; Husbands' time spent doing housework; Support; Wives' distress; Wives' time spent doing housework; Women's well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031320451     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1298(199712)7:5<413::aid-casp433>3.0.co;2-j     Document Type: Article

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