The effects of family characteristics and time use on teenagers' household labor

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 982-994

  Gager, Constance T ^a   Cooney, Teresa M ^b   Call, Kathleen Thiede ^c  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Family; Gender; Housework; Inequality; Time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040293739     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/354018     Document Type: Review

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