Substitute or complement? Spousal influence on volunteering

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 305-319

  Rotolo, Thomas ^a   Wilson, John ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Marriage; Structural equation modeling; Unpaid family work; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645717584     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00254.x     Document Type: Article

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