Contributions to family and household activities by the husbands of midlife professional women

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 899-923

  Gordon, Judith R ^a   Whelan Berry, Karen S ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UTAH VALLEY STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Family roles; Husbands; Midlife; Professional women

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744556977     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X04273590     Document Type: Article

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