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Who Supports the Family?: Gender and Breadwinning in Dual-Earner Marriages
Who Supports the Family Gender and Breadwinning in DualEarner Marriages
Author: Jean Potuchek
In a dual-earner marriage, why is a wife? s paid employment much less likely to be defined as "breadwinning" than her husband?s? This book uses data from a study of 153 dual-earner couples to examine the allocation of responsibility for breadwinning and the social construction of gender in their marriages. — The author carefully distinguishes bre...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780804728355
ISBN-10: 0804728356
Publication Date: 8/1/1997
Pages: 264
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Stanford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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