Reczek Corinne, Spiker Russell, Liu Hui, Crosnoe Robert
Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
Department of Sociology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, USA.
Demography. 2017 Dec;54(6):2385-2397. doi: 10.1007/s13524-017-0630-y.
As a follow-up to our 2016 study, this article presents new findings examining the relationship between same-sex family structure and child health using the 2008-2015 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). After discussing NIHS data problems, we examine the relationship between family structure and a broad range of child well-being outcomes, including school days lost, behavior, parent-rated health, emotional difficulties, and activity limitations. We find both similarities (school days lost, behavior, parent-rated health) and differences (emotional difficulties and activity limitations) across our two studies using different survey years, but our overall conclusions are robust. We further discuss the implications of our findings for future research on this topic, including how to account for biological relatedness in a study on child health in same-sex families.
作为我们2016年研究的后续,本文呈现了新的研究结果,这些结果使用2008 - 2015年国家健康访谈调查(NHIS)来检验同性家庭结构与儿童健康之间的关系。在讨论了NHIS的数据问题后,我们研究了家庭结构与一系列广泛的儿童福祉结果之间的关系,包括缺课天数、行为、家长评定的健康状况、情绪问题以及活动受限情况。我们发现在使用不同调查年份的两项研究中,既有相似之处(缺课天数、行为、家长评定的健康状况),也有差异(情绪问题和活动受限情况),但我们的总体结论是可靠的。我们进一步讨论了我们的研究结果对该主题未来研究的启示,包括在同性家庭儿童健康研究中如何考虑生物学亲属关系。