Husbands' and wives' time spent on housework: A comparison of measures

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 328-336

  Lee, Yun Suk ^a   Waite, Linda J ^b  

^a University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender gap; Housework; Time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745319479     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2445.2005.00119.x     Document Type: Review

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