Pathways and obstacles to parenthood among women in same-sex couples in Spain

Background: Even though same-sex couples face clear obstacles to parenthood, little is known about the extent to which preferences and obstacles can explain the lower levels of parenthood among individuals in same-sex couples. Objective: The objective is to document routes into parenthood and to qua...

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Autores: Boertien, Diederik|||0000-0002-4105-8001, Cortina Trilla, Clara|||0000-0002-2822-9339, Lozano, Mariona|||0000-0002-3803-4009
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2024
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositório:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglês
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Palavra-chave:Assisted reproduction
Family
Fertility desires
LGBTQ
Parenthood
Same-sex couples
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spelling Pathways and obstacles to parenthood among women in same-sex couples in SpainBoertien, Diederik|||0000-0002-4105-8001Cortina Trilla, Clara|||0000-0002-2822-9339Lozano, Mariona|||0000-0002-3803-4009Assisted reproductionFamilyFertility desiresLGBTQParenthoodSame-sex couplesBackground: Even though same-sex couples face clear obstacles to parenthood, little is known about the extent to which preferences and obstacles can explain the lower levels of parenthood among individuals in same-sex couples. Objective: The objective is to document routes into parenthood and to quantify the gap between observed and desired number of children among women in different-sex and same-sex couples in Spain. Methods: We use the representative 2018 Spanish fertility survey, which includes 14,556 women, of whom 139 are in a same-sex couple. We use coarsened exact matching techniques to match women across couple types who are identical on a set of observable characteristics. Results: Less than half of women in a same-sex couple had children by the age of 40, as compared to around 80% of women in a different-sex couple. We do not observe changes in rates of parenthood across cohorts of women in same-sex couples, but do observe changes in the pathways followed. Even though women in same-sex couples have lower levels of desired fertility, the gap between desired and realized fertility is larger for women in same-sex couples than for women in different-sex couples. Conclusions: Overall, results show that obstacles to parenthood are prevalent among women in both different-sex and same-sex couples, but appear particularly high and persistent for the latter. Contribution: We are the first to quantify differences in the extent to which parenthood desires are met between women in same-sex and different-sex couples in Spain, using representative data.Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics 22024-01-0120242024-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/294052https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.4054/DemRes.2024.50.35reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengEuropean Commission https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 948557Agencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 PID2021-124267OB-I00Agencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 PID2020-117980GB-I00Agencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 RYC2019-026510-IAgencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 RYC-2021-034487-Iopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2940522026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Pathways and obstacles to parenthood among women in same-sex couples in Spain
title Pathways and obstacles to parenthood among women in same-sex couples in Spain
spellingShingle Pathways and obstacles to parenthood among women in same-sex couples in Spain
Boertien, Diederik|||0000-0002-4105-8001
Assisted reproduction
Family
Fertility desires
LGBTQ
Parenthood
Same-sex couples
title_short Pathways and obstacles to parenthood among women in same-sex couples in Spain
title_full Pathways and obstacles to parenthood among women in same-sex couples in Spain
title_fullStr Pathways and obstacles to parenthood among women in same-sex couples in Spain
title_full_unstemmed Pathways and obstacles to parenthood among women in same-sex couples in Spain
title_sort Pathways and obstacles to parenthood among women in same-sex couples in Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Boertien, Diederik|||0000-0002-4105-8001
Cortina Trilla, Clara|||0000-0002-2822-9339
Lozano, Mariona|||0000-0002-3803-4009
author Boertien, Diederik|||0000-0002-4105-8001
author_facet Boertien, Diederik|||0000-0002-4105-8001
Cortina Trilla, Clara|||0000-0002-2822-9339
Lozano, Mariona|||0000-0002-3803-4009
author_role author
author2 Cortina Trilla, Clara|||0000-0002-2822-9339
Lozano, Mariona|||0000-0002-3803-4009
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author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Assisted reproduction
Family
Fertility desires
LGBTQ
Parenthood
Same-sex couples
topic Assisted reproduction
Family
Fertility desires
LGBTQ
Parenthood
Same-sex couples
description Background: Even though same-sex couples face clear obstacles to parenthood, little is known about the extent to which preferences and obstacles can explain the lower levels of parenthood among individuals in same-sex couples. Objective: The objective is to document routes into parenthood and to quantify the gap between observed and desired number of children among women in different-sex and same-sex couples in Spain. Methods: We use the representative 2018 Spanish fertility survey, which includes 14,556 women, of whom 139 are in a same-sex couple. We use coarsened exact matching techniques to match women across couple types who are identical on a set of observable characteristics. Results: Less than half of women in a same-sex couple had children by the age of 40, as compared to around 80% of women in a different-sex couple. We do not observe changes in rates of parenthood across cohorts of women in same-sex couples, but do observe changes in the pathways followed. Even though women in same-sex couples have lower levels of desired fertility, the gap between desired and realized fertility is larger for women in same-sex couples than for women in different-sex couples. Conclusions: Overall, results show that obstacles to parenthood are prevalent among women in both different-sex and same-sex couples, but appear particularly high and persistent for the latter. Contribution: We are the first to quantify differences in the extent to which parenthood desires are met between women in same-sex and different-sex couples in Spain, using representative data.
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