'Mom by choice, single by life's circumstance...' Findings from a large scale survey of the experiences of single mothers by choice Experiences of 'single mothers by choice' V. Jadva et al.

Human Fertility

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 175-184

  Jadva, V ^a   Badger, S ^a   Morrissette, M ^b   Golombok, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Choice Moms   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Choice mums; Donor conception; Single mothers by choice

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONCEPTION; DIVORCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SPERM DONOR;

ADOPTION; ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; INTERNET; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 73549110878     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647270903373867     Document Type: Article

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