The happy homemaker? Married women's well-being in cross-national perspective

Social Forces

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-132

  Treas, Judith ^a   Van Der Lippe, Tanja ^b   Chloe Tai, Tsui O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84866751716     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/90.1.111     Document Type: Article

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