Poverty among cohabiting gay and lesbian, and married and cohabiting heterosexual families

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 934-959

  Prokos, Anastasia H ^a   Keene, Jennifer Reid ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Cohabiting parents; Family structure; Gay; Lesbian; Marriage; Poverty; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952936831     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X09360176     Document Type: Article

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