Gender Ideology and the Sharing of Housework and Child Care in Sweden

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 927-949

  Evertsson, Marie ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

child care; gender equality; housework; ideology; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899914011     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X14522239     Document Type: Article

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