The Division of Household Labor in Spanish Dual Earner Couples: Testing Three Theories

Sex Roles

Volumn 63, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 515-529

  Goñi Legaz, Salomé ^a   Ollo López, Andrea ^a   Bayo Moriones, Alberto ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Division of household labor; Dual earner couples; Gender roles; Resource bargaining; Role strain

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956478139     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9840-0     Document Type: Article

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