Domestic Work and Psychological Distress−What Is the Importance of Relative Socioeconomic Position and Gender Inequality in the Couple Relationship?

Lisa Harryson; Mattias Strandh; Anne Hammarström

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038484

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Domestic Work and Psychological Distress−What Is the Importance of Relative Socioeconomic Position and Gender Inequality in the Couple Relationship?

Lisa Harryson ,

* E-mail: lisa.harryson@fammed.umu.se

Affiliations Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Family Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, National Graduate School for Gender Studies at Umeå Centre for Gender Studies, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Mattias Strandh,

Affiliations Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Family Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Department of Sociology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Anne Hammarström

Affiliations Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Family Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Umeå Centre for Gender Studies in Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Domestic Work and Psychological Distress−What Is the Importance of Relative Socioeconomic Position and Gender Inequality in the Couple Relationship?

Lisa Harryson,
Mattias Strandh,
Anne Hammarström

Published: June 13, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038484

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