'He earns the bread and butter and i earn the cream': Job insecurity and the male breadwinner family in South Wales

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 481-502

  Charles, Nickie ^a   James, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic division of labour; Family forms; Gender identity; Job insecurity; Male breadwinner ideology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645515313     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017005055667     Document Type: Review

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