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A. Serdar Atav, PhD and Alice March, MS RN. Decker School of Nursing, Binghamton University, PO Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, 607 777-4893, atav@binghamton.edu
The purpose of this study is to analyze demographic and socio-economic characteristics of rural households maintained by self-identified same sex couples. In Census 2000, an unmarried partner is defined as a person who is not related to the householder, but who shares living quarters and has a close personal relationship with the householder. Same-sex unmarried households represent only 0.6 % of the 105.5 million households enumerated. Same sex households were most likely to reside in central cities. In a study by Simmons and O’Connell (2003), above average numbers of same-sex households were found concentrated in four areas; (1) Southwestern states, up the Pacific coast and into Alaska, (2) New York through New England, (3) the Mississippi Valley, and (4) southern Florida. California has the highest percent of unmarried same-sex couples at 1.4%. New York, Massachusetts, and Vermont tie for second place with 1.3%. In depth analyses of the characteristics of rural same sex households are extremely limited. Additional analyses of Census 2000 are needed in order to discover specific characteristics that might pertain to health disparities. This presentation will focus on the results of analyses comparing rural and urban same sex households in New York State, as well as the process of extracting data from Census 2000. Analyses will include such characteristics as household income, type of occupation, age, residency, educational attainment, race, ethnicity, and family structure.
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Keywords: Gay, Data Collection
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.