The effect of union type on work-life conflict in five European Countries

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 549-567

  Kasearu, Kairi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Gender ideology; Work life conflict

Indexed keywords

COHABITATION; GENDER ISSUE; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WOMENS STATUS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

BALTIC STATES; CENTRAL EUROPE; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 68549108004     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9432-3     Document Type: Article

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