Gender and time use over the life course

Changing Relationships

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 146-160

  Kan, Man Yee ^a   Gershuny, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84919554150     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203884591     Document Type: Chapter

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