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Title: School Progress Among Children of Same-Sex Couples

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2018

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ISSN: 0070-3370

DOI: 10.1007/s13524-018-0678-3

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Abstract: This study uses logit regressions on a pooled sample of children from the 2012, 2013, and 2014 American Community Survey to perform a nationally representative analysis of school progress for a large sample of 4,430 children who reside with same-sex couples. Odds ratios from regressions that compare children between different-sex married couples and same-sex couples fail to show significant differences in normal school progress between households across a variety of sample compositions. Likewise, marginal effects from regressions that compare children with similar 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 married couples, but these differences are sensitive to sample exclusions and do not indicate causal benefits to same-sex parenting.

Url: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13524-018-0678-3

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Authors: Watkins, Caleb, S

Periodical (Full): Demography

Issue: 3

Volume: 55

Pages: 799-821

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Family and Marriage, Gender

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