Saturday, April 17 / 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM   •   Reunion C

Session 165:
New Data on Same- and Different-Sex Unions: Issues and Estimates

Chair: Nikki L. Graf, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Discussant: Amanda K. Baumle, University of Houston

  1. Best Practices for Asking Questions about Sexual Orientation on Surveys • Gary J. Gates, University of California, Los Angeles ; MV Lee Badgett, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

  2. Neither Marriage, Nor Cohabitation. The Development of the Civil Solidarity Pact (PACS) in France • Wilfried Rault, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

  3. New Estimates of Same-Sex Couple Households from the American Community Survey • Martin O'Connell, U.S. Census Bureau ; Daphne A. Lofquist, U.S. Census Bureau ; Tavia Simmons, U.S. Census Bureau ; Terry Lugaila, U.S. Census Bureau

  4. Embracing the Institution of Marriage: The Characteristics of Remarried Americans • Diana B. Elliott, U.S. Census Bureau ; Jamie M. Lewis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Other sessions on Marriage, Family, Households and Unions