Childhood family correlates of heterosexual and homosexual marriages: A national cohort study of two million Danes

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 533-547

  Frisch, Morten ^a   Hviid, Anders ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Childhood; Cohort studies; Denmark; Heterosexuality; Homosexuality; Marriage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICS;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 33846797607     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-9062-2     Document Type: Article

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