Revisiting the Bott thesis on kin networks and marriage

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 716-726

  Treas, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Extended family; Gender; Housework; Kinship; Marriage; Mobility; Multiplexity; Social networks; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953181586     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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