Gender, work and childbearing: couple analysis of work adjustments after the transition to parenthood

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-18

  Kaufman, Gayle ^a   Bernhardt, Eva ^b  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

couple data; gender role attitudes; Sweden; transition to parenthood; work adjustments; work and family

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921860345     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668803.2014.928610     Document Type: Article

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