The Well-Being of Adolescents in Households with no Biological Parents

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 894-909

  Sun, Yongmin ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child well being; Family structure measurement error; Non biological parent families

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345358631     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2003.00894.x     Document Type: Article

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