"He Said, She Said": Assessing Discrepancies in Husbands' and Wives' Reports on the Division of Household Labor

Social Science Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 459-476

  Kamo, Yoshinori ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034369846     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ssre.2000.0674     Document Type: Article

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