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Work and marriage: mother-daughter similarities in Sri Lanka.

This paper examines generational interaction and gender roles in Sri Lanka by focusing on the mother-daughter dyad with regard to the issues of marriage and work. Using survey and focus group data from the Kalutara district for 288 pairs of young daughters aged 15-30 and their coresident mothers, w...

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Published in:Journal of Comparative Family Studies Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 219 - 242
Main Authors: Malhotra, Anju, Ongtsui, Amy
Format: Article
Published: Journal of Comparative Family Studies Spring 1999
Subjects:
Mother-daughter relationship
Social conditions of women
Attitudes toward marriage
Women's employment
Gender role
Modernization (Social science)
Sri Lanka
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