Commitment without marriage: Union formation among long-term same-sex couples

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 738-756

  Reczek, Corinne ^a   Elliott, Sinikka ^b   Umberson, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Commitment ceremony; Gay; Lesbian; Same sex marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749112948     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X09331574     Document Type: Article

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