Size and Structure of Same-Sex Couples in Germany

Humpert, Stephan (2015): Size and Structure of Same-Sex Couples in Germany.

Abstract

This report uses two administrative data sets provided by the German Federal Statistics Office to analyse brief information on same-sex couples and registered same-sex unions. The numbers of same-sex couples increases slightly over time. The date sets show how mixed and same-sex couples differ in terms of socio-economic determinants, such as employment, regional differences or family formations.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Same Sex, Couples, Registered Same Sex Unions, Germany
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J12 - Marriage ; Marital Dissolution ; Family Structure ; Domestic Abuse; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J16 - Economics of Gender ; Non-labor Discrimination; Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics ; Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology > Z13 - Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology ; Social and Economic Stratification

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