The division of household labor in Germany and Israel

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1147-1164

  Lewin Epstein, Noah ^a   Stier, Haya ^a   Braun, Michael ^b,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ZUMA ^*  (Germany)

^c GESIS LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Division of household labor; Family roles; Gender ideology; Housework

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750970547     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00320.x     Document Type: Review

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