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Baumle, Amanda K.

Same-sex partners : the demography of sexual orientation / Amanda K. Baumle, D'Lane R. Compton, Dudley L. Poston, Jr. - Albany : SUNY Press, ©2009. - 1 online resource (xvi, 223 pages) : illustrations, maps

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-209) and index.

Same-sex partnering data in the 2000 U.S. census : an overview -- Patterns of same-sex partnering in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan America -- The residential segregation of gay males and lesbians from heterosexuals -- Gay male and lesbian enclaves in the San Francisco Bay area -- Factors affecting the migration decision of gay men and lesbians -- Characteristics of same-sex families -- The effects of sexual orientation on dimensions of family attachment -- The economic cost of homosexuality -- Sexual orientation and occupational segregation.

ISBN: 9781441608659 (electronic bk.) 1441608656 (electronic bk.) 9780791476093 (hbk. : alk. paper) 079147609X (hbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2008005665

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Gay men--United States--Statistics.
Gay couples--United States--Statistics.
Lesbians--United States--Statistics.
Lesbian couples--United States--Statistics.
Homosexuels masculins--États-Unis--Statistiques.
Lesbiennes--États-Unis--Statistiques.
Couples de lesbiennes--États-Unis--Statistiques.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--Marriage & Family.
Gay couples.
Gay men.
Lesbian couples.
Lesbians.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Statistics.

LC Class. No.: HQ76.35.U6 / B38 2009eb

Dewey Class. No.: 306.84/80973