National context, family satisfaction, and fairness in the division of household labor

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1039-1051

  Greenstein, Theodore N ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national; Division of household labor; Gender equity; Gender ideology; Justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350496225     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00651.x     Document Type: Article

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