Work and marriage: Mother-daughter similarities in Sri Lanka

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-241

  Malhotra, Anju ^a   Tsui, Amy Ong ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREER; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MARRIAGE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; SEX ROLE; SRI LANKA; WORK;

EID: 0032814786     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.30.2.219     Document Type: Article

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