Exploring the division of household labor outside the family context: Utilizing resources for doing gender

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-208

  Gaunt, Ruth ^a   Bouknik, Shalom ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

child care; division of labor; household labor; housework

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859573958     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668803.2011.609658     Document Type: Article

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