What's parenthood got to do with it?: Men's hours of paid work

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 619-634

  Dermott, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Fatherhood; Work life balance; Workhours

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FATHER; HUMAN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

EMPLOYMENT; FATHERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34249673465     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2006.00128.x     Document Type: Article

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