Perceived equity in the gendered division of household labor

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1145-1156

  Braun, Michael ^a,c   Lewin Epstein, Noah ^b   Stier, Haya ^b   Baumgärtner, Miriam K ^a,d  

^a GESIS ZUMA ^*

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c GESIS LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d Kenexa   (Germany)

Author keywords

Division of labor; Fairness and equality; Housework; Multilevel models

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749174197     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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