Overworked individuals or overworked families? Explaining trends in work, leisure, and family time

Work and Occupations

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 40-63

  Jacobs, Jerry A ^a   Gerson, Kathleen ^a  

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EID: 85046909077     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888401028001004     Document Type: Article

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