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Table 2

Percentage of married and cohabiting same-sex couples by sex in the 2019 ACS

	Male		Female
Characteristic	Married	Cohabiting	Married	Cohabiting
Percentage of Sample	57.48	42.52	59.22	40.78
Household Composition
Couple only	76.62	83.63^*	57.75	64.78^*
Couple and at least one biological/step/adopted child (and possibly others)	12.69	4.67^*	32.10	21.58^*
Couple and others, no biological/step/adopted children	10.69	11.70	10.15	13.64^*
Age of Younger Partner
18–29	13.77	32.14^*	16.98	38.54^*
30–39	25.70	25.36	26.46	22.97
40–49	22.04	17.19^*	19.57	13.47^*
50+	38.31	25.31^*	36.73	24.44^*
Mean Age Gap	7.10	7.00	5.36	5.26
Racial/Ethnic Composition
Both Black	3.41	4.95	7.26	10.89^*
Both White	66.12	62.79	69.87	61.86^*
Both Hispanic	8.40	8.81	8.32	8.90
Interracial/other/2+	22.07	23.46	14.55	18.35^*
Either Foreign-born	29.22	18.26^*	16.42	9.81^*
Residential History: Either Moved in Last Year	14.29	25.41^*	16.88	31.21^*
Region of Current Residence
Northeast	20.33	17.74	18.79	17.21
Midwest	14.74	17.25	18.42	19.41
South	34.42	36.96	35.25	38.81
West	30.51	28.06	27.53	24.58
Educational Attainment
Both high school or less	31.38	36.19^*	38.52	46.41^*
One college	30.98	34.04	27.66	26.63
Both college	37.64	29.78^*	33.83	26.96^*
Employment Status
Both work full-time	53.32	57.98^*	47.68	50.99
One works full-time	31.52	29.80	32.36	32.24
Neither works full-time	15.16	12.25	19.95	16.77
Homeowner	70.38	55.56^*	68.55	47.34^*
Mean Household Income per Person (US$)	72,025	62,909^*	48,949	40,476^*
Unweighted N	3,015	2,148	3,308	2,160

	Male		Female
Characteristic	Married	Cohabiting	Married	Cohabiting
Percentage of Sample	57.48	42.52	59.22	40.78
Household Composition
Couple only	76.62	83.63^*	57.75	64.78^*
Couple and at least one biological/step/adopted child (and possibly others)	12.69	4.67^*	32.10	21.58^*
Couple and others, no biological/step/adopted children	10.69	11.70	10.15	13.64^*
Age of Younger Partner
18–29	13.77	32.14^*	16.98	38.54^*
30–39	25.70	25.36	26.46	22.97
40–49	22.04	17.19^*	19.57	13.47^*
50+	38.31	25.31^*	36.73	24.44^*
Mean Age Gap	7.10	7.00	5.36	5.26
Racial/Ethnic Composition
Both Black	3.41	4.95	7.26	10.89^*
Both White	66.12	62.79	69.87	61.86^*
Both Hispanic	8.40	8.81	8.32	8.90
Interracial/other/2+	22.07	23.46	14.55	18.35^*
Either Foreign-born	29.22	18.26^*	16.42	9.81^*
Residential History: Either Moved in Last Year	14.29	25.41^*	16.88	31.21^*
Region of Current Residence
Northeast	20.33	17.74	18.79	17.21
Midwest	14.74	17.25	18.42	19.41
South	34.42	36.96	35.25	38.81
West	30.51	28.06	27.53	24.58
Educational Attainment
Both high school or less	31.38	36.19^*	38.52	46.41^*
One college	30.98	34.04	27.66	26.63
Both college	37.64	29.78^*	33.83	26.96^*
Employment Status
Both work full-time	53.32	57.98^*	47.68	50.99
One works full-time	31.52	29.80	32.36	32.24
Neither works full-time	15.16	12.25	19.95	16.77
Homeowner	70.38	55.56^*	68.55	47.34^*
Mean Household Income per Person (US$)	72,025	62,909^*	48,949	40,476^*
Unweighted N	3,015	2,148	3,308	2,160

Source: 2019 American Commuinity Survey (ACS).

Difference between married and cohabiting couples is significant at p < .05