National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles
Document Type
Report
Abstract
Using data from the 2023 American Community Survey (ACS), this Family Profile estimates the proportion of same- and different-sex couples raising children, disaggregated by relationship type (i.e., cohabiting or married) and age (i.e., 18-29, 30-39, 40-49, and 50-59). For this analysis, children are defined as biological, adopted, or stepchildren of the household head1 under the age of eighteen. Couples’ sex composition is coded directly using the recently revised household roster (Kreider & Gurrentz, 2019). To focus on couples raising minor children, we restrict our sample to those in which the younger member is under the age of sixty. This report updates Family Profiles FP-21-08 (Manning & Payne, 2021) and FP-24-05 (Westrick-Payne & Manning, 2024).
Repository Citation
Julian, Christopher A., "FP-25-07 Same-sex Married and Cohabiting Couples Raising Children, 2023" (2025). National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles. 364.
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/ncfmr_family_profiles/364
Publication Date
2025
Publisher
National Center for Family and Marriage Research
