Spending time together-changes over four decades in leisure time spent with a spouse

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 243-265

  Voorpostel, Marieke ^a,d   Van Der Lippe, Tanja ^b   Gershuny, Jonathan ^c  

^a Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences (FORS)   (Switzerland)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Leisure sociological aspects; Marriage; Trends; Work arrangements

Indexed keywords

MARRIAGE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 82555173919     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2010.11950204     Document Type: Article

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