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

About the Authors

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

Mattias Strandh

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

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LH MS AH. Performed the experiments: LH. Analyzed the data: LH MS AH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LH MS AH. Wrote the paper: LH.

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