To marry or not to marry: Marital status and the household division of labor

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 300-321

  Baxter, Janeen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Domestic labor; Gender; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 16244385308     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X04270473     Document Type: Article

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