How Long Should Parental Leave Be? Attitudes to Gender Equality, Family, and Work as Determinants of Women's and Men's Parental Leave in Sweden

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 909-926

  Duvander, Ann Zofie ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

attitudes; family; parental leave; Sweden; work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899903801     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X14522242     Document Type: Article

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