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To be filled in. This page should list resources that articulate the various dimensions of 'families' that people are studying and designing for.

Stamp, P. Theories of Family Relationships and a Family Relationships Theoretical Model. In Handbook of Family Communication. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ, 2004, 1-30.

Presents most important theories, terms, and concepts in studying family communication through a large meta-analysis from 12 different social science journals pertaining to families between 1990 and 2001.

"Families and living arrangements in 2005." Population Profile of the United States: Dynamic Version. US Census. 2005. http://www.census.gov/population/www/pop-profile/files/dynamic/FamiliesLA.pdf

Statistics from 2005 showing the wide varied of family living arrangements in the US families with working definitions of terms like "family," "parent," and "household."