Family fortunes: Gender-based differences in the impact of employment and home characteristics on satisfaction levels

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-264

  Parker, Louise ^a   Watson, Duncan ^a   Webb, Robert ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family satisfaction; Gender; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955480389     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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