Article 69H6P Children of same-sex couples fare at least as well as in other families – study

Children of same-sex couples fare at least as well as in other families – study

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Nicola Davis Science correspondent
from Science | The Guardian on (#69H6P)

Research compared development of children of heterosexual couples with those of lesbian and gay parents

The children of same-sex couples fare just as well, if not better, than those of heterosexual couples, research has shown.

While data on so-called sexual minority families" is limited, the UK's Office for National Statistics recorded 212,000 same-sex families in the UK in 2019, a 40% rise since 2015. The number of same-sex parents rose from 4,000 in 2010 to 12,000 in 2013.

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