New research conducted by the Williams Institute not only are same-sex couples generally as good as or better at parenting than their straight counterparts as studies have shown, a new study says they are no worse or even better at marriage.
New research conducted by the Williams Institute, at the University of California, Los Angeles, has found that same-sex couples end their marriages at a lower rate than straight couples.
On average, 1.1 percent of same-sex couples end their marriages each year (1.6 percent of couples if you include other legal statuses like domestic partnerships and civil unions), while the rate of divorce in straight couples is about 2 percent, according to the LGBT policy and research center.
It also found that lesbian couples account for more of the newly legal unions than gay male couples.
Looking at the figures from 23 states in the US that allow same-sex couples to enter into registered relationships, researchers found that women comprise a significantly higher percentage of couples who had formalized their relationship although female couples account for 51 percent of all same-sex couples in the US.
In states that recognize same-sex marriage, on average 62 percent of same-sex couples who married were women. In states that recognize civil unions and partnerships, lesbian couples make up 64 percent of all same-sex couples.
The report, which was authored by Williams Distinguished Scholar M.V. Lee Badgett and senior counsel Christy Mallory, further noted that the figure is 'a much higher proportion than would be expected.'
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