| Additional title: |
Same-sex parent families and school progress of children : an association that disappeared over time |
| Date: |
2019 |
| 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. |
| Grants: |
European Commission 637768
Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2016-BP-00121
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| Rights: |
Tots els drets reservats.  |
| Language: |
Anglès |
| Document: |
Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar |
| Subject: |
Subjective well-being ;
Same-sex couples ;
Marriage ;
Structural stigma |
| Published in: |
Demography, Vol. 56 Núm. 6 (2019) , p. 2109-2121, ISSN 1533-7790 |
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