Pioneers in partnership: Lesbian and gay male couples in civil unions compared with those not in civil unions and married heterosexual siblings

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 275-286

  Solomon, Sondra E ^a   Rothblum, Esther D ^a   Balsam, Kimberly F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil unions; Division of labor; Gay male couples; Lesbian couples; Same sex couples; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LESBIAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERMONT;

EID: 2942587086     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-3200.18.2.275     Document Type: Article

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