Decomposing gender beliefs: Cross-national differences in attitudes toward maternal employment and gender equality at home

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 591-621

  Yu, Wei hsin ^a   Lee, Pei lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84885946918     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: 1475682X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/soin.12013     Document Type: Article

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