Division of Labor and Working-Class Women's Well-Being Across the Transition to Parenthood

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 225-236

  Goldberg, Abbie E ^a   Perry Jenkins, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 1642310843     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.18.1.225     Document Type: Review

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