Egalitarian attitudes towards the division of household labor among adolescents in Iceland

Sex Roles

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 49-60

  Bjarnason, Thoroddur ^a   Hjalmsdottir, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attitudes; Household labor; Iceland

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249131152     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9428-0     Document Type: Article

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