Cross-national reports of housework: An investigation of the gender empowerment measure

Social Science Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 963-975

  Ruppanner, Leah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative research; Gender empowerment measure; Housework

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958511333     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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