The effect of a child's sex on support for traditional gender roles

Social Forces

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 209-222

  Shafer, Emily Fitzgibbons ^a   Malhotra, Neil ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84873721439     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/90.1.209     Document Type: Article

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