The work-family time squeeze: Conflicting demands of paid and unpaid work among working couples in 29 countries

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 451-480

  Edlund, Jonas ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Balance; Conflict; Family; ISSP; Modernization

Indexed keywords

FAMILY STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MODERNIZATION; SOCIAL CONFLICT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 36549034328     PISSN: 00207152     EISSN: 17452554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020715207083338     Document Type: Article

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