Couples' attitudes, childbirth, and the division of labor

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1487-1511

  Jansen, Miranda ^a   Liefbroer, Aart C ^b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Childbirth; Division of labor; Partners

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750156475     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X06291038     Document Type: Article

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