Podcast Education and gender roles Do men with degrees do more childcare and housework? RSS Do education levels affect gender roles in UK households? Do men with degrees do more childcare and housework? With guests: Barbara Okun, Professor of Demography in the Sociology Department and Demography Division at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Dr Sara Reis, Deputy Director and Head of Research and Policy at feminist economics think tank the Women’s Budget Group. Family and householdsInforming PolicyPolitics and social attitudes
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