Baumle Amanda K
The University of Houston, United States.
Soc Sci Res. 2014 Jan;43:60-73. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2013.09.003. Epub 2013 Sep 24.
In this article, I use pooled data from the 2008-2010 American Community Surveys to examine outcomes for different-sex married, different-sex cohabiting, and same-sex cohabiting elders across several key economic and health indicators, as well as other demographic characteristics. The findings suggest that elders in same-sex cohabiting partnerships differ from those in different-sex marriages and different-sex cohabiting relationships in terms of both financial and health outcomes, and that women in same-sex cohabiting partnerships fare worse than men or women in other couple types. The results indicate that financial implications related to the sex of one's partner might be more predictive of economic and health outcomes in old age, rather than solely access to legal marriage. Nonetheless, findings suggest that individuals in same-sex cohabiting partnerships might experience worse outcomes in old age as a result of cumulative effects across the life course from both the sex of their partner (in the case of female couples) as well as their lack of access to benefits associated with marriage. Accordingly, these findings demonstrate that persons in same-sex cohabiting partnerships require unique policy considerations to address health and economic concerns in old age.
在本文中，我使用了2008 - 2010年美国社区调查的汇总数据，来研究不同性别已婚、不同性别同居以及同性同居老年人在几个关键经济和健康指标以及其他人口特征方面的结果。研究结果表明，同性同居伴侣关系中的老年人在经济和健康结果方面与异性婚姻和异性同居关系中的老年人不同，而且同性同居伴侣关系中的女性比其他伴侣类型中的男性或女性情况更糟。结果表明，与伴侣性别相关的经济影响可能比仅仅获得合法婚姻更能预测老年时期的经济和健康结果。尽管如此，研究结果表明，同性同居伴侣关系中的个体在老年时可能会因伴侣性别（在女性伴侣的情况下）以及缺乏婚姻相关福利在整个生命历程中的累积影响而经历更糟糕的结果。因此，这些研究结果表明，同性同居伴侣关系中的人需要独特的政策考量来解决老年时期的健康和经济问题。
