How Couples Manage the Household: Work and Power in Cross-National Perspective

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1088-1116

  Treas, Judith ^a   Tai, Tsui o ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

bargaining; cross national; decision making; household management; marital power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864654754     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X11426700     Document Type: Article

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