Gender Inequality in Housework Across 20 European Nations: Lessons from Gender Stratification Theories

Sex Roles

Volumn 74, Issue 11-12, 2016, Pages 495-511

  Treas, Judith ^a   Tai, Tsuio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cross national research; Feminist theory; Gender inequality; Housework; Housing quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CIVIL UNION; COHABITING PERSON; DRAWING; FEMALE; GENDER; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDEOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; PUBLIC OPINION; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 84953449484     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-015-0575-9     Document Type: Article

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