ArticleDemography2016
Family Structure and Child Health: Does the Sex Composition of Parents Matter?
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.
- Family outcome disparities between sexual minority and heterosexual families: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ global health · 2023Pooled it
- Family Structure, Family Transitions, and Child Overweight and Obesity: Comparing Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Stronger color evasive racial ideologies predict lower likelihood of open adoption placement with same-sex couples.Frontiers in sociology · 2024Article
- Mothers' Sexual Identity and Children's Health.Population research and policy review · 2022Article
- The need for regulation in the practice of human assisted reproduction in Mexico. An overview of the regulations in the rest of the world.Reproductive health · 2021Review
- Parenthood, Stress, and Well-Being among Cisgender and Transgender Gay and Lesbian Adults.Journal of marriage and the family · 2021Article
- Unmet health need and perceived barriers to health care among adolescents living in a rural area.Children's health care : journal of the Association for the Care of Children's Health · 2021Article
- Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care for Children By Mother's Sexual Orientation.Maternal and child health journal · 2020Article
- Family Matters: Research on Family Ties and Health, 2010-2020.Journal of marriage and the family · 2020Article
- Sexual- and Gender-Minority Families: A 2010 to 2020 Decade in Review.Journal of marriage and the family · 2020Article
- Same-Sex Parents and Children's School Progress: An Association That Disappeared Over Time.Demography · 2019Article
- The Impact of Single Mothers' Health Insurance Coverage on Behavioral Health Services Utilization by Their Adolescent Children.The journal of behavioral health services & research · 2018Article
- The Promise and Perils of Population Research on Same-Sex Families.Demography · 2017Article
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Abstract
The children of different-sex married couples appear to be advantaged on a range of outcomes relative to the children of different-sex cohabiting couples. Despite the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States, whether and how this general pattern extends to the children of same-sex married and cohabiting couples is unknown. This study examines this question with nationally representative data from the 2004-2013 pooled National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Results reveal that children in cohabiting households have poorer health outcomes than children in married households regardless of the sex composition of their parents. Children in same-sex and different-sex married households are relatively similar to each other on health outcomes, as are children in same-sex and different-sex cohabiting households. These patterns are not fully explained by socioeconomic differences among the four different types of families. This evidence can inform general debates about family structure and child health as well as policy interventions aiming to reduce child health disparities.
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