Housework, market work, and "doing gender" when marital satisfaction declines

Social Science Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 823-850

  Ono, Hiromi ^a   Raymo, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

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EID: 33750492633     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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