Men's Employment Hours and Time on Domestic Chores in European Countries

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1023-1047

  Dotti Sani, Giulia Maria ^a  

^a Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies Collegio Carlo Alberto   (Italy)

Author keywords

Europe; intrahousehold allocation; men's housework time; multilevel models; relative time on housework

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899909037     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X14522245     Document Type: Article

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