Racial-Ethnic Differences in U.S. Married Women's and Men's Housework

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 259-265

  Sayer, Liana C ^a   Fine, Leigh ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Housework; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER RELATIONS; MARRIAGE; RACE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952184931     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9645-0     Document Type: Article

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