Wives' and husbands' housework reporting: Gender, class, and social desirability

Gender and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 188-218

  Press, Julie E ^a   Townsley, Eleanor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Box 95155 ^*

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EID: 0032219442     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089124398012002005     Document Type: Article

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