Influence of women's work status on the well-being of Indian couples

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-75

  Andrade, Chittaranjan ^a   Postma, Kirstine ^b   Abraham, K ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Jyoti Nivas College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032899669     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002076409904500108     Document Type: Article

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