Promoting the Well-Being of Children Whose Parents Are Gay or Lesbian

Ellen C. Perrin; Benjamin S. Siegel; the COMMITTEE ON PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF CHILD AND FAMILY HEALTH

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Promoting the Well-Being of Children Whose Parents Are Gay or Lesbian

Ellen C. Perrin, Benjamin S. Siegel and the COMMITTEE ON PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF CHILD AND FAMILY HEALTH

Pediatrics April 2013, 131 (4) e1374-e1383; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-0377

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Children in the United States 2010: Family Status

Family Status	Number of Children (Millions)^a	Children in the United States, %
Children in 2-parent households	51.456	73.0
Children with married parents living together	48.516	65.3
Children with unmarried parents	2.940	3.9
Children with single/separated parents	20.263	27.1
Children being raised by 1 or more grandparents	2.595	3.5

↵a Total number of children in the United States: 74.630 million.

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