Living in single-parent households: An investigation of the same-sex hypothesis

American Sociological Review

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 521-539

  Powell, Brian ^a   Downey, Douglas B ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000231569     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657424     Document Type: Article

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