Gender Inequality in the Home: The Role of Relative Income, Support for Traditional Gender Roles, and Perceived Entitlement

Gender Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 219-237

  Fetterolf, Janell C ^a   Rudman, Laurie A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic equality; Gender construction; Gender equality; Relative resources; The second shift

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919903617     PISSN: 1098092X     EISSN: 19364717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12147-014-9126-x     Document Type: Article

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