Children and chores: A mixed-methods study of children’s household work in Los Angeles families

Anthropology of Work Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 98-109

  Klein, Wendy ^a   Graesch, Anthony P ^b   Izquierdo, Carolina ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Ethnographic mixed methods; Household work; Scan sampling; United states; Working families

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649732939     PISSN: 0883024X     EISSN: 15481417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1417.2009.01030.x     Document Type: Article

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