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Question: How Many Children Have Gay Parents in the US?
Answer:
# There were an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 gay and lesbian biological parents in 1976.
# In 1990, an estimated 6 to 14 million children have a gay or lesbian parent.
# Between 8 and 10 million children are being raised in a gay and lesbian households.
Latest statistics from the U.S. Census 2000, the National Survey of Family Growth (2002), and the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (2004) include:
* An estimated two million GLB people are interested in adopting.
* An estimated 65,500 adopted children are living with a lesbian or gay parent.
* More than 16,000 adopted children are living with lesbian and gay parents in California, the highest number among the states.
* Gay and lesbian parents are raising four percent of all adopted children in the United States.
* Adopted children with same-sex parents are younger and more likely to be foreign born.
SOURCE:
Adoption and Foster Care by Lesbian and Gay Parents in the United States, Author(s): Gary Gates, Lee M.V. Badgett, Jennifer Ehrle Macomber, Kate Chambers of the Urban Institute.
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Question: How Many Children Have Gay Parents in the US?
Answer:
# There were an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 gay and lesbian biological parents in 1976.
# In 1990, an estimated 6 to 14 million children have a gay or lesbian parent.
# Between 8 and 10 million children are being raised in a gay and lesbian households.
Latest statistics from the U.S. Census 2000, the National Survey of Family Growth (2002), and the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (2004) include:
* An estimated two million GLB people are interested in adopting.
* An estimated 65,500 adopted children are living with a lesbian or gay parent.
* More than 16,000 adopted children are living with lesbian and gay parents in California, the highest number among the states.
* Gay and lesbian parents are raising four percent of all adopted children in the United States.
* Adopted children with same-sex parents are younger and more likely to be foreign born.
SOURCE:
Adoption and Foster Care by Lesbian and Gay Parents in the United States, Author(s): Gary Gates, Lee M.V. Badgett, Jennifer Ehrle Macomber, Kate Chambers of the Urban Institute.
Working with Gay and Lesbian Adoptive Parents
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