The Production of Inequality: The Gender Division of Labor Across the Transition to Parenthood

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 662-679

  Yavorsky, Jill E ^a   Kamp Dush, Claire M ^a   Schoppe Sullivan, Sarah J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatherhood; Gender; Inequality; Infants; Motherhood; Parent involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928377643     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12189     Document Type: Article

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