LGBTQ Parenting in the US | 6 BACKGROUND Parents are among the most important people in the lives of young children.2 In the U. [...] We selected BRFSS data as the primary source because of multiple years of inclusion of SOGI measures, the larger sample sizes of sexual and gender minority participants (e.g., compared to the General Social Survey), and its use of a follow-up parenting survey with information about the relationship between the survey respondent and children in the household. [...] LGBTQ Parenting in the US | 9 FINDINGS DIVERSITY OF RELATIONSHIPS TO CHILDREN IN THE HOUSEHOLD As noted above, the focus of this report is on the significance of SOGI status among those who identify as parents, a group that makes up about 62% of the population of LGBTQ people who are living with minors in the household (Figure 1). [...] LGBTQ parents by region Northeast Midwest 24% West 26% 19% South 31% Though not the focus of most of the current report, it is useful to note that LGBTQ people who are currently parents of minors are only a subgroup of the larger population of adults who have ever had a child. [...] Census Bureau ACS, 2019-2021 LGBTQ Parenting in the US | 16 SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC PATTERNS AMONG LGBTQ PARENTS Looking at the role of gender and sexual orientation in parenting among LGBTQ people, higher percentages of cisgender women and transgender men report being parents of children in their household than cisgender men and transgender women (Figure 7).
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Table of Contents
- 2407 LGBTQ Parenting COVER.pdf 1
- 2407 LGBTQ Parenting DESIGN.pdf 2
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
- Main findings 3
- BACKGROUND 7
- Defining Parents and Conceptualizing Families 8
- Data Sources 8
- FINDINGS 10
- Diversity of Relationships to Children in the Household 10
- Parenting Population Size Estimates 11
- Same-sex Couples 13
- Key Patterns between Marital Status, SOGI, and Poverty 21
- Parental concerns and parenting paths 23
- DISCUSSION 26
- METHODS 29
- BRFSS 29
- ACS 33
- Generations/TransPop 35
- GSS 36
- Determining Significance 36
- AUTHORS 37
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 37
- SUGGESTED CITATION 37
- Appendix 38
