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Most Kids With Parent in Same-Sex Relationship Live With Female Couple

Children of a householder living with a same-sex spouse or partner were more likely to be non-Hispanic Black, and less likely to live with a married parent than children living with a householder parent in a male-female relationship.

Recent 2019 American Community Survey (ACS) data provide national estimates of children living with a householder parent in a same-sex relationship. A householder is someone who owns or rents the home that receives the survey. A householder parent can report biological, step, adopted, or foster children under 18 living with them.

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Despite the limitations of ACS data, this story offers an opportunity to compare the characteristics of children of same- and opposite-sex couples. The large sample size in the ACS provides a sufficient number of responses to allow for statistical comparisons and analysis of children with same-sex parents.

While the majority of children under age 18 in a coupled household lived with an opposite-sex couple in 2019 (99.5%), 4 in 5 (79.5%) children living with a same-sex couple lived with a female parent and their female partner or spouse.

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* Children in same-sex couple households
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* Race and Hispanic origin of children
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* Relationship to parent
* Poverty and food stamps

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