Divorce culture and marital gender equality: A cross-national study

Gender and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 644-659

  Yodanis, Carrie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross national; Divorce culture; Gender equality; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444484903     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243205278166     Document Type: Review

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