Gender roles and women's sleep in mid and later life: A quantitative approach

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Arber, Sara ^a   Hislop, Jenny ^a   Bote, Marcos ^a   Meadows, Robert ^a  

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Author keywords

Children; Gender roles; Partners; Sleep; Socio economic circumstances; Survey; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749021415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.1609     Document Type: Article

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