Attitudes toward housework and child care and the gendered division of labor

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 526-541

  Poortman, Anne Rigt ^a   Van Der Lippe, Tanja ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child care; Division of labor; Family roles; Housework

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749101257     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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