Does family structure matter? A comparison of adoptive, two-parent biological, single-mother, stepfather, and stepmother households

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 840-851

  Lansford, Jennifer E ^c   Ceballo, Rosario ^a   Abbey, Antonia ^b   Stewart, Abigail J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Child and parent well being; Family relationships; Family structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642318937     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.00840.x     Document Type: Review

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