Same-sex male spouses less similar than female-female spouses. Learn more in this America Counts story.





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Same-Sex Married Couples Less Likely to Be Same Age, Race, Ethnicity

Same-sex married couples are less likely than opposite-sex married couples to have spouses who are the same age and the same race and Hispanic origin, according to the 2021 1-year American Community Survey.

In contrast, same-sex spouses were more likely than opposite-sex spouses to have similar income and education levels.

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On average, married couples share more characteristics ? such as race and ethnicity, income, and age ? than expected by chance. Known as homogamy, it?s the concept that people tend to marry those with characteristics similar to their own.

A previous study of homogamy using decennial data from 1990 and 2000 ? before same-sex marriage was legalized in the United States ? found that same-sex male cohabiters were the least likely pairing to be homogamous and that opposite-sex married couples were the most likely.

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