ArticleDemography2019
Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Matters for the Subjective Well-being of Individuals in Same-Sex Unions.
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- Assessment of LGBT Needs and Health in Kentucky: Results of a Statewide Needs Assessment.Journal of community health · 2025Article
- How it affects me: the effects of arguments in public debates on marriage equality for young people in Taiwan.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Examining perceived effects of same-sex marriage legalization among sexual minority women: Identifying demographic differences and factors related to alcohol use disorder, depression, and self-perceived health.Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2022Article
- What to Do When Everything Happens at Once: Analytic Approaches to Estimate the Health Effects of Co-Occurring Social Policies.Epidemiologic reviews · 2022Article
- The Revolution Will Be Hard to Evaluate: How Co-Occurring Policy Changes Affect Research on the Health Effects of Social Policies.Epidemiologic reviews · 2022Article
- Mental health effects of same-sex marriage legalization.Health economics · 2022Article
- The Direct Effects of Legal Same-Sex Marriage in the United States: Evidence From Massachusetts.Demography · 2020Article
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Abstract
We investigate whether the subjective well-being of individuals in same-sex unions improved following the legalization of same-sex marriage in England and Wales in March 2014. We employ repeated cross-sectional data from the 2011-2016 Annual Population Surveys on 476,411 persons, including 4,112 individuals in coresidential same-sex relationships. The analysis reveals increases in subjective well-being for individuals in same-sex relationships following legalization. Additional analysis documents higher subjective well-being for individuals in married same-sex couples compared with individuals who are in a civil partnership or an informal cohabiting same-sex union. However, the subjective well-being of individuals from same-sex couples increased after legalization among all subgroups considered, including those who cohabited informally. This result hints at a general reduction in structural stigma as an important mechanism behind the improved well-being of individuals in same-sex unions.
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