Is Cohabitation More Egalitarian? The Division of Household Labor in Five European Countries

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1623-1646

  Domínguez Folgueras, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cohabitation; domestic labor; gender roles; marriage; time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886523137     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X12464948     Document Type: Article

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