Small samples, big challenges: Studying atypical family forms

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 926-935

  Cheng, Simon ^a   Powell, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical families; Gay and lesbian families; Interracial families; Small samples

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745316962     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2005.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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