Meaning and measurement: Reconceptualizing measures of the division of household labor

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 712-724

  Twiggs, Joan E ^a   McQuillan, Julia ^b   Ferree, Myra Marx ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Division of household labor; Domestic labor; Gender theory; Husbands; Measuring housework

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033177113     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353572     Document Type: Article

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