'Not worth mentioning': The implicit and explicit nature of decision-making about the division of paid and domestic work

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 341-363

  Wiesmann, Stephanie ^a   Boeije, Hennie ^a   Van Doorne Huiskes, Anneke ^a   Den Dulk, Laura ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Couple decision making; Couple interviews; Division of labour; Gender; Transition to parenthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749176187     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800802361781     Document Type: Article

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