Housework: Who did, does or will do it, and how much does it matter?

Social Forces

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-63

  Bianchi, Suzanne M ^a   Sayer, Liana C ^b   Milkie, Melissa A ^c   Robinson, John P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84873204638     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/sos120     Document Type: Article

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