Gleichgeschlechtliche Partnerschaften: Soziodemographie und Lebenspläne

Rupp, Marina; Haag, Christian

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“…Estimates of the (increasing) number of cohabiting same-sex couples in Germany ranged between 67,000 and 185,000 in 2011 (see Rupp and Haag 2016, for a detailed sociodemographic account). In 2001, preceding the legalization of G&L marriage in 2017, Germany adopted the Lebenspartnerschaftsgesetz, which enabled couples to obtain legal recognition for their union through a registration procedure that was distinct from marriage but still provided them with benefits very similar to those received by married opposite-sex couples.…”

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“…Still, the number of minor children c o h a b i t i n g w i t h a s a m e -s e x -m o s t l y l e s b i a n -c o u p l e i s v e r y l o w ( ; 6,000). Increasingly, these children are born within the same-sex union, so that their share today is almost equal to that of children born in a previous heterosexual relationship (Rupp and Haag 2016). Correspondingly, a considerable proportion of partnered childless lesbians (43%) and gay men (35%) reports desiring having children (Haag 2013).…”

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Same-sex relationship experiences and expectations regarding partnership and parenthood

Hank¹,

Wetzel²

2018

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BACKGROUNDWhereas recent years have brought comprehensive demographic accounts of the gay and lesbian population in the United States and several European countries, relatively little is yet known about gays' and lesbians' family-related attitudes and expectations. OBJECTIVEThe present study contributes to closing this research gap, comparing individuals with and without same-sex relationship experiences regarding their expectations concerning partnership and parenthood. METHODWe run OLS regressions, using nationally representative survey data for two cohorts of young adults in Germany (born 1971-1973 and 1981-1983). RESULTSIn several regards, gays and lesbians expect lower benefits and greater costs of being in a partnership, but not of being a parent. CONCLUSIONSWe propose that the latter finding results from same-sex parenthood still being a comparatively rare event and expectations being formed on the basis of heteronormatively shaped values rather than on experience. This is different when considering romantic relationships. Even if partnership-related expectations are partially influenced by the same structural constraints that limit gays' and lesbians' factual opportunity to form a family, these expectations might still exhibit an independent additional impact on demographic outcomes.

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Same-sex relationship experiences and expectations regarding partnership and parenthood

Hank¹,

Wetzel²

2018

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“…As the societal climates of western countries have changed, the numbers of native-born same-sex couples reported in statistical sources have been increasing (Lengerer and Bohr, 2019a). However, these unions make up only a small share of all couples in Germany (Lengerer and Bohr, 2019b;Rupp and Haag, 2016). Depending on the definitions and the concepts used to identify them in the data, the share of same-sex couples in Germany is between 0.5% and 1.1% (Kroh et al 2017;Lengerer and Bohr, 2019a).…”

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An explorative approach to the cross-section of international migration and sexual preference: same-sex couples in Germany

Braack

Milewski

2020

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We study the intersection of international migration and sexual preference from a socio-demographic perspective by looking at same-sex couples among migrants in Germany. Despite increasing ethnic diversity and greater social and legal liberality toward non-normative living arrangements, there are hardly any available quantitative data on this vulnerable group, which crosses two social boundaries. Drawing on the scientific-use file of the German Microcensus (2013), we estimate the prevalence of same-sex couples among female and male migrants, and describe their socio-demographic characteristics. We use different approaches to imputing data to account for the possibility that the reported information on same-sex relationships may be missing or wrong, and consider different definitions of “migrant status”. Our results show that the share of couples who were same-sex was smaller among the immigrant (0.2 to 1.4%) than among the native population (0.6 to 2.0%). Moreover, migrants in a same-sex couple were more similar in terms of other socio-demographic variables (age, education) to natives in a same-sex union than to migrants in an opposite-sex union. This study contributes to the LGBT social science literature by providing the first quantitative description of this minority-in-a minority group in Germany.

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Familien und ihre institutionellen Kontexte: die Bedeutung von Familienpolitik und rechtlichen Regulierungen

Hank

Steinbach

2019

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Gleichgeschlechtliche Partnerschaften: Soziodemographie und Lebenspläne

Cited by 6 publications

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Same-sex relationship experiences and expectations regarding partnership and parenthood

Same-sex relationship experiences and expectations regarding partnership and parenthood

An explorative approach to the cross-section of international migration and sexual preference: same-sex couples in Germany

Familien und ihre institutionellen Kontexte: die Bedeutung von Familienpolitik und rechtlichen Regulierungen

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