Gender ideology and investment in housework: Postretirement change

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1050-1071

  Solomon, Catherine Richards ^a,c,d   Acock, Alan C ^b   Walker, Alexis J ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender ideology; Housework; Retirement; Time availability

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644240356     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X03261323     Document Type: Article

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