Mechanism or Myth?: Family Plans and the Reproduction of Occupational Gender Segregation

Gender and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 265-288

  Cech, Erin A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

caregiving; family plans; flexibility; higher education; occupational gender segregation

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; COLLEGE STUDENT; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRAWING; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIOLOGY; STEREOTYPY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 84961250557     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: 15523977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243215608798     Document Type: Article

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