If Men Do More Housework, Do Their Wives Have More Babies?

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-258

  Craig, Lyn ^a   Siminski, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fertility; Housework; Second births; Shares of housework and childcare; Time use

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CHILD CARE; FERTILITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79952195939     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9644-1     Document Type: Article

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