'Friendly allies in raising a child': A survey of men and women seeking elective co-parenting arrangements via an online connection website

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1896-1906

  Jadva, V ^a   Freeman, T ^a   Tranfield, E ^b   Golombok, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b wwwprideangelcom   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

elective co parenting; gender; motivation; online connection website; sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL FEMALE; BISEXUAL MALE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PARENTING; PARENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939609462     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev120     Document Type: Article

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