"The right way of doing it all": First-time Australian mothers' decisions about paid employment

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 97-107

  Lupton, Deborah ^a,c   Schmied, Virginia ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; LABOR PARTICIPATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036275397     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-5395(02)00220-0     Document Type: Article

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