Beliefs about women's labour in the reunified Germany, 1991'2004

European Sociological Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 487-503

  Lee, Kristen S ^a   Alwin, Duane F ^b   Tufiş, Paula A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34548539787     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcm015     Document Type: Article

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