Married women's employment over the life course: Attitudes in cross-national perspective

Social Forces

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1409-1436

  Treas, Judith ^a   Widmer, Eric D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California ^*

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EID: 0034336213     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/78.4.1409     Document Type: Article

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