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Title: Assortative Matching Among Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples in the United States, 1990-2000

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Publication Year: 2009

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Abstract: Same-sex couples are less likely to be homogamous than different-sex couples on a variety of characteristics including race/ethnicity, age, and education. This study confirms results from previous studies which used 1990 U.S. census data and extends previous analyses to examine changes from 1990 to 2000. We find that same-sex male cohabitors are generally the least likely to resemble one another, followed by same-sex female cohabitors, different-sex cohabitors, and different-sex married couples. Despite estimated growth in the numbers of same-sex couples in the population and the increasing acceptance of same-sex unions, we find little evidence of diminishing differences in the resemblance of same- and different-sex couples between 1990 and 2000, with the possible exception of educational homogamy.

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Authors: Graf, Nikki L.; Schwartz, Christine R.

Periodical (Full): Demographic Research

Issue: 28

Volume: 21

Pages: 843-878

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Gender, Race and Ethnicity

Countries: United States