Headed toward equality? Housework change in comparative perspective

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 832-844

  Geist, Claudia ^a   Cohen, Philip N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national; Fairness and equality; Housework division of labor; Social context; Social trends social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960398017     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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