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Title: Family Structure and Children’s Economic Well-Being: Incorporating Same-Sex Cohabiting Mother Families

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11113-015-9375-8

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Abstract: Research on family structure and child well-being rarely includes children in same-sex parent families, a notable omission since 28 % of female–female couple households contain children. Using the 2010–2013 pooled current population survey (CPS), we examined children’s economic well-being by family structure. These data were ideal for this study because they included a sizeable number of children in same-sex cohabiting mother families and the CPS measured both official and supplemental poverty, incorporating the cohabiting partner. Using the official poverty measure, children in same-sex cohabiting mother families were more likely to be poor than their counterparts in either different-sex cohabiting or married parent families. Using the supplemental poverty measure, children in same-sex mother families were no more likely to be poor than children in all other types of different-sex two-parent families.

Url: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11113-015-9375-8

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Authors: Brown, Susan, L; Manning , Wendy, D; Payne, Krista, K

Periodical (Full): Population Research and Policy Review

Issue: 1

Volume: 35

Pages: 1-21

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Family and Marriage, Other

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