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Are nearly 4 times as likely to have been "physically forced" to have sex against their will (at some time in their life, not necessarily in childhood IBF 8% LM 31%).Are an astonishing 11 times more likely to have been "touched sexually by a parent or other adult caregiver" in childhood (but not necessarily by the homosexual parent IBF 2% LM 23%).Are 3 times as likely to have had an affair while married or cohabiting (IBF 13% LM 40%).
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Are barely half as likely to be currently employed full-time (IBF 49% LM 26%).Are almost 4 times more likely to be currently on public assistance (IBF 10% LM 38%).Are more likely to be currently cohabiting (IBF 9% LM 24%).Significant for lesbian mothers (LM) with & without controlsĬompared to children from intact biological families (IBF), children of lesbian mothers: If they are female, have had more sexual partners-both male (IBF 2.79 LM 4.02 GF 5.92) and female (IBF 0.22 LM 1.04 GF 1.47).Have been arrested more often (IBF 1.18 LM 1.68 GF 1.75).Are more likely to suffer from depression (IBF 1.83 LM 2.20 2.18).Report more ongoing "negative impact" from their family of origin (IBF 2.30 LM 3.13 GF 2.90).Report less safety and security in their family of origin (IBF 4.13 LM 3.12 GF 3.25).Have lower educational attainment (IBF 3.19 LM 2.39 GF 2.64).Are much more likely to have received welfare growing up (IBF 17% LM 69% GF 57%).Significant for both lesbian mothers (LM) and gay fathers (GF), with & without controls:Ĭompared with children raised by their married biological parents ("intact biological family," or IBF), children of homosexual parents (LM and GF): (Some of these figures represent percentages reporting certain experiences, while others represent average scores on scales created by Regnerus.) Below are some of the statistically significant findings comparing children who had homosexual parents with children raised by their married mother and father. While all the findings are important, we can have a higher level of confidence that findings represent actual differences in the overall population if they are "statistically significant." If they are statistically significant after "controlling" for other variables that might influence a particular outcome, that is even more compelling. He data show rather clearly that children raised by gay or lesbian parents on average are at a significant disadvantage when compared to children raised by the intact family of their married, biological mother and father.įamily Research Council (FRC) has already published an analysis of the NFSS methodology and some of its findings, but we offer this to provide a more specific documentation of the key findings.ĬOMPARISONS WITH MARRIED BIOLOGICAL PARENTS The results of this study were no surprise to pro-family researchers, but have been bitterly attacked by pro-homosexual activists. This study is the first to truly bridge the gap in our knowledge left by previous studies that have shown the benefits of being raised by a married mother and father (but which did not include direct comparisons with homosexual parents), and previous studies on homosexual parents (which, however, did not use large, representative samples). The first article based on the New Family Structures Study (NFSS) was published by lead researcher Mark Regnerus in the journal Social Science Research in June 2012. There has been a great deal of media attention focused on a pioneering new study of children with homosexual parents (defined as parents who had a same-sex romantic relationship while the child was under age 18).