Sex or sexuality? Analyzing the division of labor and travel in gay, lesbian, and straight households

Travel Behaviour and Society

Volumn 6, Issue , 2017, Pages 75-82

  Smart, Michael J ^a   Brown, Anne ^b   Taylor, Brian D ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Household division of labor; Sexuality; Travel behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982672553     PISSN: 2214367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tbs.2016.07.001     Document Type: Article

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