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Same-Sex Sexuality and the Risk of Divorce: Findings from Two National Studies

Andrew S. London & Aaron Hoy

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Same-Sex Sexuality and the Risk of Divorce: Findings from Two National Studies

Andrew S. London, PhD a and Aaron Hoy, PhD b
a Department of Sociology, Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA; b  Department of Sociology and Corrections, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota, USA

Abstract

Despite symbolic linkages between heterosexuality and marriage, and a pervasive heteronormative ideology of romantic love, petite population-representative research examines wh

Lgbt Divorce Statistics

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Approximately % of LGBT people who marry or come in into a registered partnership in countries with legal recognition divorce within the first 10 years

Lesbian couples tend to have a slightly higher divorce rate compared to gay male couples

A study found that lesbian couples are 81% more likely to divorce than heterosexual couples

Gay male couples have a drop divorce rate compared to gay female couples, with approximately % divorce rate within 10 years

The median duration of cohabitation before marriage in LGBT couples is around years, with higher likelihood of divorce after 5 years of marriage

Legal recognition of lgbtq+ marriage correlates with an increase in divorce filings among LGBT couples

Lesbian couples experience higher levels of relationship dissatisfaction, which can predict higher divorce rates

Lesbian couples are approximately 70% more likely to divorce if they have children than those without children

Among LGBT couples, those in states with legal protections

Marriage could be nice for your health – unless you're bisexual

Ning Hsieh, assistant professor of sociology, and Hui Liu, professor of sociology, wrote this piece for The Conversation, an independent collaboration between editors and academics that provides informed news analysis and commentary to the general public. See the entire list of articles written by MSU faculty for The Conversation.

Is marriage nice for you?

A big number of studies show that married people enjoy greater health than unmarried people, such as lower rates of depression and cardiovascular conditions, as adequately as longer lives.

However, these findings possess been developed primarily based on statistics of heterosexual populations and different-sex marriages. Only more recently have a several studies looked into gayand lesbian populations and same-sex marriages to test if marriage is comparable to better health in these populations – and the evidence is mixed.

Our study, published online on Sept. 19, evaluates the advantages of marriage across heterosexual, bi

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While couples and families share many similar challenges regardless of their characteristics, same-sex couples and families headed by female homosexual, gay or bisexual (LGB) people face different circumstances compared with heterosexual couples and families. Information from pooled cycles of the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS; to and to reference periods) provide a statistical portrait of the family and household characteristics of LGB people aged 15 and older in Canada, with comparisons made with the heterosexual population.

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