Replacing housework in the service economy: Gender, class, and race-ethnicity in service spending

Gender and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 219-231

  Cohen, Philip N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0032219443     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089124398012002006     Document Type: Article

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