Exploring adoptive motherhood: Adoption-seeking among hispanic and non-hispanic white women

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 155-175

  Lamb, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Adoption seeking; Hispanic; National survey of family growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749285829     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926750802421974     Document Type: Article

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