Sexual and gender minority disproportionality and disparities in child welfare: A population-based study

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-17

  Wilson, Bianca D M ^a   Kastanis, Angeliki A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Demography; Disproportionality; Gender identity; LGBT youth; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941284209     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.08.016     Document Type: Article

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