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, Cortina Trilla, Clara, Lozano, Mariona
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/61201
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/61201
http://dx.doi.org/10.4054/DEMRES.2024.50.35
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Palabra clave:Parelles lesbianes -- Espanya
Parelles homosexuals -- Espanya
Maternitat -- Espanya
Fecunditat humana -- Espanya -- Estadístiques
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spelling Pathways and obstacles to parenthood among women in same-sex couples in SpainBoertien, DiederikCortina Trilla, ClaraLozano, MarionaParelles lesbianes -- EspanyaParelles homosexuals -- EspanyaMaternitat -- EspanyaFecunditat humana -- Espanya -- EstadístiquesBACKGROUND: 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.This research received funding from the European Research Council, ERC-2020-STG-948557-MINEQ, and the Spanish Ministry of Education, PID2021-124267OB-I00, RYC2019-026510-I, RYC-2021-034487-I, and PID2020-117980GB-I00/MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033. DB and ML also acknowledge support from CERCA, Generalitat de Catalunya.Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research2024202420242024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/61201http://dx.doi.org/10.4054/DEMRES.2024.50.35reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésDemographic Research. 2024 Jan-Jun;50:1039-70info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/948557info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PE/PID2021-124267OB-I00info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PID2020-117980GB-I00© 2024 Diederik Boertien, Clara Cortina & Mariona Lozano. This open-access work is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Germany (CC BY 3.0 DE), which permits use, reproduction, and distribution in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are given credit. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/legalcode.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/legalcodeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/612012026-06-12T07:21:37Z
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
Parelles lesbianes -- Espanya
Parelles homosexuals -- Espanya
Maternitat -- Espanya
Fecunditat humana -- Espanya -- Estadístiques
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
Cortina Trilla, Clara
Lozano, Mariona
author Boertien, Diederik
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Cortina Trilla, Clara
Lozano, Mariona
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Lozano, Mariona
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Parelles lesbianes -- Espanya
Parelles homosexuals -- Espanya
Maternitat -- Espanya
Fecunditat humana -- Espanya -- Estadístiques
topic Parelles lesbianes -- Espanya
Parelles homosexuals -- Espanya
Maternitat -- Espanya
Fecunditat humana -- Espanya -- Estadístiques
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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