{"id":1048,"date":"2012-07-05T15:01:43","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T15:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gay.blogs.cam4.com\/?p=1048"},"modified":"2012-07-05T15:01:43","modified_gmt":"2012-07-05T15:01:43","slug":"us-study-examines-apparent-negative-outcomes-for-grown-children-of-a-gay-parent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cam4.com\/blog-gay\/2012\/07\/us-study-examines-apparent-negative-outcomes-for-grown-children-of-a-gay-parent\/","title":{"rendered":"US study examines apparent negative outcomes for grown children of a gay parent"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new study has been published in the US which appears to suggest that children born in the twentieth century to parents who had a gay relationship have encountered more personal problems in adult life than those born to married, straight parents.<\/p>\n

The population-based survey published in July\u2019s Social Science Research is the largest of its kind, the University of Texas said, to feature children with gay parents in such a broad, probability-sampled population.<\/p>\n

Of 3,000 adults now aged 18 to 39, \u201cHow Different are the Adult Children of Parents Who Have Same-Sex Relationships? Findings from the New Family Structures Study\u201d examined 175 children with mothers who had had a gay relationship and 73 with fathers who had had a gay relationship.<\/p>\n

Mark Regnerus, an associate professor of sociology at The University of Texas at Austin led the research said the size of the 3,000-strong sample was important.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cMost conclusions about same-sex parenting have been drawn from small, convenience samples, not larger, random ones.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe results of that approach have often led family scholars to conclude that there are no differences between children raised in same-sex households and those raised in other types of families. But those earlier studies have inadvertently masked real diversity among gay and lesbian parenting experiences in America.\u201d<\/p>\n

The study results appear to show that adults who were raised by a parent who reported having had a gay relationship went on to have different life experiences from those who were raised by married, straight parents, but the author says this is more likely to be a result of other factors associated with having a gay parent in the twentieth century.<\/p>\n

69 percent of children of mothers who had had gay relationships said their family received public assistance at some point, compared with 17 percent from married, biological parents.\u00a0 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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