Housework and gender in nuclear versus extended family households: Experiences of Taiwanese immigrants in Canada

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Sun, Shirley Hsiao Li ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 41849128463     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.39.1.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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