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‘The house belongs to both’: undoing the gendered division of housework

Marta Domínguez-FolguerasObservatoire Sociologique du Changement (OSC), Sciences Po, Paris, FranceORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-699XView further author information
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Teresa Jurado-GuerreroDepartamento de Sociología II, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, SpainCorrespondence[email protected]
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Carmen Botía-MorillasDepartamento de Sociología, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, SpainORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-2942-3202View further author information
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Patricia Amigot-LeacheDepartamento de Trabajo Social, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, SpainORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-0764-4784View further author information
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Pages 424-443 | Received 31 Oct 2014, Accepted 06 May 2016, Published online: 08 Jun 2016

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