Husbands and wives in dual-earner marriages: Decision-making, gender role attitudes, division of household labor, and equity

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 69-94

  Bartley, Sharon J ^a   Blanton, Priscilla W ^a   Gilliard, Jennifer L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA WESTERN   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Dualearner couples; Equity; Gender; Household labor

Indexed keywords

EID: 30544453846     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v37n04_05     Document Type: Article

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