Same-sex legal marriage and psychological well-being: Findings from the California health interview survey

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 339-346

  Wight, Richard G ^a   LeBlanc, Allen J ^b   Lee Badgett, M V ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; LESBIAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BISEXUALITY; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872511409     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301113     Document Type: Review

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