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Demography (2017) 54 (6): 2385–2397.
Published: 10 November 2017
...Corinne Reczek; Russell Spiker; Hui Liu; Robert Crosnoe Abstract As a follow-up to our 2016 study, this article presents new findings examining the relationship between same-sex family structure and child health using the 2008–2015 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). After discussing NIHS data...
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Demography (2015) 52 (3): 905–918.
Published: 25 April 2015
... different levels than same-sex couples. We highlight the potential for existing nationally representative data sets to provide preliminary insights into the developmental experiences of children in nontraditional families. 26 3 2015 25 4 2015 © Population Association of America 2015 2015...
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Demography (2021) 58 (2): 393–418.
Published: 01 April 2021
...Jan Kabátek; Francisco Perales Abstract Although numerous studies have examined how children raised in same-sex-parented families fare relative to children in different-sex-parented families, this body of work suffers from major methodological shortcomings. By leveraging linked administrative data...
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Demography (2017) 54 (6): 2375–2383.
Published: 02 October 2017
..., distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. Family structure Marriage Same-sex families Child health Data integrity In the study...
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Demography (2015) 52 (1): 113–151.
Published: 09 January 2015
...Mircea Trandafir Abstract It has long been debated how legalizing same-sex marriage would affect (different-sex) family formation. In this article, I use data on OECD member countries for the period 1980–2009 to examine the effects of the legal recognition of same-sex couples (through marriage...
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Demography (2013) 50 (3): 955–961.
Published: 18 November 2012
...Douglas W. Allen; Catherine Pakaluk; Joseph Price Abstract We reexamine Rosenfeld’s ( 2010 ) study on the association between child outcomes and same-sex family structure. Using the same data set, we replicate and generalize Rosenfeld’s findings and show that the implications of his study...
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Demography (2016) 53 (5): 1605–1630.
Published: 23 August 2016
... on this topic by including multiple mental and physical health measures that provide a broad indication of overall child well-being across family structures, but some important limitations need consideration in interpreting our conclusions. First, our approach to identifying same-sex couples risked...
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Demography (2020) 57 (1): 147–169.
Published: 09 January 2020
...Martin Kolk; Gunnar Andersson Abstract In this study, we provide demographic insight into the still relatively new family form of same-sex marriage. We focus on period trends in same-sex marriage formation and divorce during 1995–2012 in Sweden and the role of childbearing in same-sex unions...
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Demography (2016) 53 (4): 937–953.
Published: 06 July 2016
...- and different-sex cohabiting couples. The level of stability in both same-sex and different-sex cohabiting couples is not on par with that of different-sex married couples. The findings contribute to a growing literature on health and well-being of same-sex couples and provide a broader understanding of family...
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Demography (2018) 55 (3): 799–821.
Published: 10 May 2018
... family dynamics between different-sex married couples and same-sex couples fail to predict significantly higher probabilities of grade retention for children of same-sex couples. Significantly lower grade retention rates are sometimes predicted for children of same-sex couples than for different-sex...
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Demography (2019) 56 (2): 477–501.
Published: 23 January 2019
...Diederik Boertien; Fabrizio Bernardi Abstract Research is divided as to whether children living in same-sex parent families achieve different outcomes compared with their peers. In this article, we improve on earlier estimates of such differences and subsequently study whether and why...
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Demography (2010) 47 (3): 755–775.
Published: 01 August 2010
... of most other family structures. Heterosexual married couples are the family type whose children have the lowest rates of grade retention, but the advantage of heterosexual married couples is mostly due to their higher socioeconomic status. Children of all family types (including children of same-sex...
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Demography (2020) 57 (6): 2143–2167.
Published: 25 September 2020
... discrimination processes, we explore the association between child sex and postneonatal under-5 mortality using a sample of mixed-sex twins from four waves of the Indian National Family Health Survey. Mixed-sex twins provide a natural experiment that exogenously assigns a boy and a girl to families at the same...
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Demography (2015) 52 (4): 1243–1268.
Published: 01 July 2015
... the latest to join the list. In the United States, more than one-half of its states allow same-sex marriage, and what rights and protections are afforded homosexuals is an ongoing debate. Advocates invoke equality, fairness, and human rights; opponents see a threat to family and society (Chamie and Mirkin...
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Demography (2006) 43 (4): 747–769.
Published: 01 November 2006
...Guang Guo; Yuying Tong Abstract We carried out two distinct types of genetic analysis with data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. The first was a non-DNA twin analysis using monozygotic (identical) and same-sex dizygotic (fraternal) twins. The second analysis investigates...
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Demography (2017) 54 (1): 145–173.
Published: 05 January 2017
... from the one-sex mobility, in which sons and daughters are only influenced by the same-sex parent. Fig. 2 Multigenerational reproduction of college education based on various scenarios of mating and mobility rules. We define the effect as the ratio of college progeny per college family over...
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Demography (2003) 40 (3): 395–418.
Published: 01 August 2003
... for sons can also result in girls with older brothers being neglected in households that favor existing sons over newborn daughters or families who do not want daughters at all (Simmons et al. 1982). On the other hand, the preference for sons means that any harmful effect of same-sex siblings for boys may...
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Demography (2006) 43 (4): 659–672.
Published: 01 November 2006
..., the relationship between mothers attitudes toward premarital sex and cohabitation and children s attitudes toward those same issues is twice as large among families with high-quality marriages as it is among families with lower-quality marriages. In the case of attitudes comparing singlehood with marriage...
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Demography (2013) 50 (3): 963–969.
Published: 18 November 2012
... are less likely to make good progress in school than children from stable families. Children raised by stable same-sex couples do remarkably well in school. 11 10 2012 18 11 2012 © Population Association of America 2012 2012 Family structure Children Grade retention Same-sex...
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Demography (2019) 56 (3): 813–833.
Published: 13 May 2019
... with the paternal grandmother is at least 8.6 percentage points higher if the firstborn is a boy. At the same time, maternal labor supply increases by 2.9 days per month. By contrast, for educated mothers, the propensity for coresidence is higher, the working hours are longer, and the impact of the child’s sex...
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