America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers
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.
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.
Continue reading to learn more about:
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The data
- Children in same-sex couple households
- Geographic differences
- Race and Hispanic origin of children
- Marital status of parent
- Relationship to parent
- Poverty and food stamps
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