Married women's situational use of last names: An empirical study

Sex Roles

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 143-151

  Scheuble, Laurie K ^a   Johnson, David R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marital roles; Married women's surnames; Situational last name use; Women's roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644501211     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-4288-3     Document Type: Article

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