Report: Gay spouses look like heterosexual couples
SAN FRANCISCO — A new analysis of Census data that provides a demographic snapshot of gay families in America shows that same-sex couples who identify as married are similar to straight spouses in terms of age and income — and nearly one-third of them are raising children.
The study released Monday by a think tank based at the University of California, Los Angeles looked at Census data from last year.
It also found that Utah, Wyoming and other states that don't offer any legal recognition of gay relationships had some of the highest percentages of same-sex couples who describe themselves as husbands or wives.
Gary Gates, the UCLA demographer who conducted the analysis, says the report is the first to compare same-sex couples who identify as married with those who say they're in unmarried partnerships and married opposite-sex couples.
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