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Dividing the domestic : men, women, and household work in cross-national perspective /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Treas, Judith, Drobnič, Sonja
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2010]
Series:Studies in social inequality.
Subjects:
Sex role > Cross-cultural studies.
Sexual division of labor > Cross-cultural studies.
Housekeeping > Social aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Why study housework? / Judith Treas
  • Trends in housework / Liana C. Sayer
  • Women's employment and housework / Tanja van der Lippe
  • The politics of housework / Lynn Prince Cooke
  • Can state policies produce equality in housework? / Shirley Dex
  • Economic inequality and housework / Sanjiv Gupta ... [et al.]
  • Cultural and institutional contexts / Birgit Pfau-Effinger
  • Beliefs about maternal employment / Maria Charles and Erin Cech
  • The institution of marriage / Carrie Yodanis
  • Pair relationships and housework / Karl Alexander Röhler and Johannes Huinink
  • Men's and women's reports about housework / Claudia Geist
  • Concluding thoughts on the societal context of housework / Sonja Drobnič.