Gender, household labor, and psychological distress: The impact of the amount and division of housework

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-45

  Bird, Chloe E ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033093267     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2676377     Document Type: Article

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