What's in a name? Marital name choice revisited

Sex Roles

Volumn 55, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 817-825

  Hoffnung, Michele ^a  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Career commitment; College educated women; Feminism; Marital names; Motherhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845624185     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9133-9     Document Type: Article

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