Usual and preferred working hours in couple households

Journal of Family Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-61

  Drago, Robert ^a   Tseng, Yi Ping ^b   Wooden, Mark ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Egalitarianism; Gender; HILDA Survey; Time Use; Work and Family; Working Hours

Indexed keywords

EID: 33144459959     PISSN: 13229400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jfs.327.11.1.46     Document Type: Review

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