Who has the time? The relationship between household labor time and sexual frequency

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-163

  Gager, Constance T ^a   Yabiku, Scott T ^b  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Housework; Sexual frequency; Time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 73549093631     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X09348753     Document Type: Article

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