Understanding the juggling act: Gendered preferences and social structural constraints

Sociological Forum

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 319-344

  Risman, Barbara J ^a   Atkinson, Maxine P ^a   Blackwelder, Stephen P ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Gender; Women's labor force participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033143354     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021422930020     Document Type: Article

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