Post-familial families and the domestic division of labour

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Baxter, Janeen ^a,b   Hewitt, Belinda ^b   Western, Mark ^b  

^a Sociology Program   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENDER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; KIN SELECTION; LIFE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTIVATION; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; STRATIFICATION; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 27844580294     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.36.4.583     Document Type: Review

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