Planned lesbian families: Their desire and motivation to have children

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2216-2224

  Bos, Henny M W ^a   Van Balen, Frank ^a   Van Den Boom, Dymphna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lesbian mothers; Parenthood motives; Planned lesbian families

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; LESBIAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENT COUNSELING; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTHOOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WELLBEING;

LESBIA;

EID: 0142126240     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg427     Document Type: Article

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