"Families" in international context: Comparing institutional effects across western societies

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 516-536

  Prince Cooke, Lynn ^a   Baxter, Janeen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Divorce; Family and work; Gender; International; Policy; Unpaid work

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955536674     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00716.x     Document Type: Review

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