Same-Sex Couples’ Shared Time in the United States

Katie R. Genadek (), Sarah M. Flood () and Joan Garcia Roman ()
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Katie R. Genadek: University of Colorado–Boulder
Sarah M. Flood: University of Minnesota
Joan Garcia Roman: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Demography, 2020, vol. 57, issue 2, No 4, 475-500

Abstract: Abstract This study examines and compares shared time for same-sex and different-sex coresident couples using large, nationally representative data from the 2003–2016 American Time Use Survey (ATUS). We compare the total time that same-sex couples and different-sex couples spend together; for parents, the time they spend together with children; and for both parents and nonparents, the time they spend together with no one else present and the time they spend with others (excluding children). After we control for demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the couples, women in same-sex couples spend more time together, both alone and in total, than individuals in different-sex arrangements and men in same-sex couples, regardless of parenthood status. Women in same-sex relationships also spend a larger percentage of their total available time together than other couples, and the difference in time is not limited to any specific activity.

Keywords: Time use; Family; Same-sex couples (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/s13524-020-00861-z

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