Asians and Pacific Islanders in Same-Sex Couples in the United States: Data from Census 2000

Gates, Gary J.; Lau, Holning; Sears, R. Bradley

doi:10.17953/amer.32.1.t5060j82l73423j2

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“…New plans by the Census have moved unmarried partner to follow the spouse question and add opposite-sex and same-sex to the items [99]. In one recent study, Gates [31] finds that 10% of individuals cohabiting with a same-sex partner recalled having described their relationship as roommates or other non-relatives on the Census 2010 form. Qualitative evidence suggested that unmarried partner was not a term that always resonates with cohabiting couples [62] and surveys include a range of definitions including boyfriend or girlfriend to bring a relational element into the question.…”

Section: What Data Should Be Collected To Assess Family Formation?mentioning

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Family formation processes: Assessing the need for a new nationally representative household panel survey in the United States

Manning¹

2015

JEM

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The American family has undergone rapid transformation. Careful measurement attention to family formation is important because families are at the heart of numerous decisions, roles, and responsibilities with implications for understanding the well-being of families, adults and children. This paper considers whether there is a need for a new household panel study that addresses family formation. This paper consists of a review of the recent body of population-based, American surveys and finds a considerable gap in the ability to study the implications of families for the health and well-being of Americans. Earlier panel surveys used to assess family life anchored questions around marital events, but changes in family patterns require attention to a more diverse set of family forms. The paper concludes with recommendations for a multi-purpose panel study. The key challenge is to keep to pace with complexity and changes in American family life while at the same time maintaining a parsimonious set of survey questions.

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Family formation processes: Assessing the need for a new nationally representative household panel survey in the United States

Manning¹

2015

JEM

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“…Census and other representative survey data show that the majority of Black same-sex couples reside in cities, towns, and rural areas that are predominantly African American. They are more likely to live with other Blacks in minority communities than to live with White homosexuals in cities and neighborhoods with high percentages of same-sex couples (Dang and Frazer, 2004; Gates et al, 2006).…”

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“…The state of California ranks third in the United States for the number of Blacks who live as same-sex couples (after New York and Georgia), and the geographic distribution of non-White same-sex couples in the state also mirrors the respective distribution of racial/ethnic minorities generally (Gates et al, 2006). Within Los Angeles County, four percent of African American adults identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual, compared to 5.1% of Whites, 2.8% of Latino/as and 3.7% among all adults 6 .…”

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Articulating a Politics of (Multiple) Identities

Moore

2010

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This work examines the strategies Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people use in Black environments to proclaim a gay identity that is simultaneous with a Black identity. It identifies three distinctive features of LGBT protest in Black communities. Black gay2 protest takes on a particular form when individuals are also trying to maintain solidarity with the racial group despite the threat of distancing that occurs as a result of their sexual minority status. Black sexual minorities who see their self-interests as linked to those of other Blacks use cultural references to connect their struggles to historical efforts for Black equality and draw from nationalist symbols and language to frame their political work. They believe that increasing their visibility in Black spaces will promote a greater understanding of gay sexuality as an identity status that can exist alongside, rather than in competition with, race. The findings of this research have implications for larger discussions of identity, protest, and gay sexuality in intraracial contexts.

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“…A change in editing procedures implemented in January 2010 placed CPS estimates in line with those produced using the ACS (Kreider 2010). See Gates (2010) for an evaluation of the measurement of same-sex couples in census data. …”

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Measuring Cohabitation and Family Structure in the United States: Assessing the Impact of New Data From the Current Population Survey

Kennedy

Fitch

2012

Demography

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In 2007, the Current Population Survey (CPS) introduced a measure that identifies all cohabiting partners in a household, regardless of whether they describe themselves as “unmarried partners” in the relationship to householder question. The CPS now also links children to their biological, step-, and adoptive parents. Using these new variables, we analyze the prevalence of cohabitation as well as the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of different-sex cohabiting couples during the years 2007–2009. Estimates of cohabitation produced using only unmarried partnerships miss 18 % of all cohabiting unions and 12 % of children residing with cohabiting parents. Although differences between unmarried partners and most newly identified cohabitors are small, newly identified cohabitors are older, on average, and are less likely to be raising shared biological or adopted children. These new measures also allow us to identify a small number of young, disadvantaged couples who primarily reside in households of other family members, most commonly with parents. We conclude with an examination of the complex living arrangements and poverty status of American children, demonstrating the broader value of these new measures for research on American family and household structure.

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Asians and Pacific Islanders in Same-Sex Couples in the United States: Data from Census 2000

Cited by 7 publications

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Family formation processes: Assessing the need for a new nationally representative household panel survey in the United States

Family formation processes: Assessing the need for a new nationally representative household panel survey in the United States

Articulating a Politics of (Multiple) Identities

Measuring Cohabitation and Family Structure in the United States: Assessing the Impact of New Data From the Current Population Survey

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