NEW POLICY BRIEF FROM IMAPP! --DIVORCE RISK AMONG SWEDISH SAME-SEX COUPLES

The Institute for Marriage and Public Policy has just released a policy brief, "Same-Sex Unions and Divorce Risk: Data from Sweden" (PDF), summarizing new research presented by Gunnar Andersson, Turid Noack, Ane Seierstad, and Harald Weedon-Fekjaer at a recent meeting of the Population Association of America in Boston.

The recent study offers the first systematic review of same-sex unions and divorce rates based on accurate national register data in Sweden from the 1990's.

Main findings summarized in the policy brief:

"The study found that gay male couples were 1.5 times as likely (or 50 percent more likely) to divorce as married opposite-sex couples, while lesbian couples were 2.67 times as likely (167 percent more likely) to divorce as opposite-sex married couples over a similar period of time. Even after controlling for demographic characteristics associated with increased risk of divorce, male same-sex couples were 1.35 times as likely (35 percent more likely) to divorce, and lesbian couples were three times as likely (200 percent more likely) to divorce as opposite- sex married couples."

The study also provided detailed information about the characteristics of same-sex unions compared to opposite-sex married couples in Sweden, as well as data on how many same-sex couples choose to create legal unions in Sweden.

For more information, or to request a copy of the policy brief, please contact Joshua Baker at info@imapp.org, or call 202-216-9430.

The researchers are not affiliated with the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy. iMAPP is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in October of 2003 whose unique mission is research and public education on ways that law and public policy can strengthen marriage as a social institution.

CONTACT: Joshua Baker of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, 202-216-9430 or info@imapp.org, Web site: http://www.imapp.org
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