The Influence of Gender on the Placement of Children with Gay or Lesbian Adoptive Parents

This study examines the opinions of men and women from a random phone sample of super voters (those persons voting in the last three out of four possible elections) in Florida (N = 413) toward gay men and/or lesbians as adoptive parents. The survey gathered information on whether the respondents wou...

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Published in:Journal of GLBT family studies 2007-01, Vol.3 (1), p.15-34
Main Authors: Ryan, Scott D., Bedard, Laura E., Gertz, Marc G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adoption
Adoptive Parents
Ethnic Groups
Florida
gay parent
Homosexuality
lesbian parent
Lesbianism
Males
Public Opinion
Voters
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Summary:This study examines the opinions of men and women from a random phone sample of super voters (those persons voting in the last three out of four possible elections) in Florida (N = 413) toward gay men and/or lesbians as adoptive parents. The survey gathered information on whether the respondents would place boys or girls available for adoption with gay men or lesbians. Controlling for various demographic variables, bivariate logistic regressions were performed for each possible parent/child combination. Several variables were consistently significant across the models tested, explaining from 22 to 29% of the variance. These included race/ethnicity, religious identification, respondent's gender, and political ideology. Implications of this study for policy-makers and child welfare practitioners are posited.
ISSN:1550-428X
1550-4298
DOI:10.1300/J461v03n01_02