Same-Sex Couples' Shared Time in the United States
Genadek, Katie R. (University of Colorado)
Flood, Sarah M. (University of Minnesota)
Garcia Roman, Joan (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics)

Date:	2020
Abstract:	This study examines and compares shared time for same-sex and different-sex co-resident couples using large, nationally representative data from the 2003-2016 American Time Use Survey (ATUS). We compare the total time same-sex couples and different-sex couples spend together, as well as for parents, the time they spend together with children, and for both parents and non-parents, the time they spend together with no one else present and the time they spend with others (excluding children). After controlling for demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the couples, women in same-sex couples spend more time together, both alone and in total, than individuals in different-sex arrangements and men in same-sex couples, regardless of parenthood status. Women in same-sex relationships also spend a larger percentage of their total available time together than other couples, and the difference in time is not limited to any specific activity.
Grants:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad GC/CSO2015-64713-R Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad GC/2016-BP-00279
Note:	This research was supported by the NICHD-funded Minnesota Population Center (P2C HD041023), the University of Colorado Population Center (P2C HD066613), and IPUMS Time Use (R01HD053654). In addition, Joan García-Román was supported by the Beatriu de Pinos Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2016 BP-00279) and is also supported by the I+D Project "Family strategies and demographic responses to the economic recession" (CRISFAM) (CSO2015-64713-R) and the CERCA Programme from the Generalitat de Catalunya.
Rights:	Tots els drets reservats.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió sotmesa a revisió
Subject:	Time use ; Family ; Gay ; Lesbian ; Bisexual ; Transgender
Published in:	Demography, Vol. 57 Núm. 2 (2020) , p. 475-500, ISSN 1533-7790

DOI: 10.1007/s13524-020-00861-z
PMID: 32185645

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