Gender convergence in the American heritage time use study (AHTUS)

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-33

  Fisher, Kimberly ^a   Egerton, Muriel ^a   Gershuny, Jonathan I ^a   Robinson, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender time; National time diaries; Social change; Work time

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; GENDER; METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL CHANGE; TIME ALLOCATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34047213429     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-006-9017-y     Document Type: Article

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