Is anyone doing the housework? trends in the gender division of household labor

Social Forces

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 191-228

  Bianchi, Suzanne M ^a   Milkie, Melissa A ^b   Sayer, Liana C ^b   Robinson, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034336435     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/79.1.191     Document Type: Review

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