Wives' part-time employment and marital stability in great britain, west germany and the united states

Sociology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1091-1108

  Cooke, Lynn Prince ^a   Gash, Vanessa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

divorce; international comparisons; longitudinal analysis; women's employment; work family balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650481721     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038510381605     Document Type: Article

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