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| Pàgina inicial > Articles > Articles publicats > Pathways and obstacles to parenthood among women in same-sex couples in Spain |
(Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics) (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics)| Data: | 2024 |
| Descripció: | 31 pàg. |
| Resum: | Background: Even though same-sex couples face clear obstacles to parenthood, little is known about the extent to which preferences and obstacles can explain the lower levels of parenthood among individuals in same-sex couples. Objective: The objective is to document routes into parenthood and to quantify the gap between observed and desired number of children among women in different-sex and same-sex couples in Spain. Methods: We use the representative 2018 Spanish fertility survey, which includes 14,556 women, of whom 139 are in a same-sex couple. We use coarsened exact matching techniques to match women across couple types who are identical on a set of observable characteristics. Results: Less than half of women in a same-sex couple had children by the age of 40, as compared to around 80% of women in a different-sex couple. We do not observe changes in rates of parenthood across cohorts of women in same-sex couples, but do observe changes in the pathways followed. Even though women in same-sex couples have lower levels of desired fertility, the gap between desired and realized fertility is larger for women in same-sex couples than for women in different-sex couples. Conclusions: Overall, results show that obstacles to parenthood are prevalent among women in both different-sex and same-sex couples, but appear particularly high and persistent for the latter. Contribution: We are the first to quantify differences in the extent to which parenthood desires are met between women in same-sex and different-sex couples in Spain, using representative data. |
| Ajuts: | European Research Council 948557 Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2021-124267OB-I00 Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2020-117980GB-I00 Agencia Estatal de Investigación RYC2019-026510-I Agencia Estatal de Investigación RYC-2021-034487-I |
| Nota: | Altres ajuts: CERCA, Generalitat de Catalunya. |
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| Llengua: | Anglès |
| Document: | Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
| Matèria: | Assisted reproduction ; Family ; Fertility desires ; LGBTQ ; Parenthood ; Same-sex couples |
| Publicat a: | Demographic research, Vol. 50 (Maig 2024) , p. 1039-1070, ISSN 1435-9871 |
