DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY OF ALTERNATIVE HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURES

这项建议的具体目标是： 1.对同性恋进行第一次广泛的人口统计和经济研究 基于大样本抽样调查的美国女同性恋家庭 从已知的采样帧。 2.探索一系列将为公共政策提供信息的研究主题 与同性恋者相关的。 3.探索一系列与社会科学有关的研究课题，并 描述同性恋者、女同性恋者和 异性恋人口的选择和结果与这些有关 理论。这些问题包括种类交配、家庭决定 制造、居住、人力资本发展、生育率和性别 角色。 4.将GSS、NHSLS和人口普查的结果与调查结果进行比较 从非系统性的男女同性恋者样本中，以评估 这些非系统样本的性质，并比较推论 可以使用这些替代数据源。具体地说，我们寻求一个 更清楚地了解美国夫妇(AC)调查的结果 将本次调查中受访者的特征与我们的调查对象进行比较 标准的社会科学数据集。 5.开发和利用机密的1-in-6长表单数据 1990年人口普查和匹配的NSCG，以实现前四个目标 目的，并在这样做的过程中，确立机密的有用性 人口普查数据产品，用于更广泛的经济和人口研究。

The specific aims of this proposal are: 1. To conduct the first extensive demographic and economic study of gay and lesbian households in the United States based on large samples drawn from known sampling frames. 2. To explore a set of research topics that will inform public policy relevant to gays and lesbians. 3. To explore a set of research topics relevant to social science and to describe the similarities and differences among the gay, lesbian, and heterosexual population in choice and outcomes relates to these theories. These issues include assortative mating, family decision making, residential , human capital development, fertility and gender roles. 4. To compare findings from the GSS, NHSLS, and the Census to findings from non-systemic samples of gays and lesbians, in order to assess the properties of these non-systemic samples and to compare inferences one can make using these alternative data sources. Specifically, we seek a clearer understanding of results from American Couples (AC) survey by comparing characteristics of respondents in this survey to those in our standard social science data sets. 5. To develop and exploit the confidential 1-in-6 long form data from the 1990 Census and the matched NSCG in order to achieve the first four aims, and in doing so, to establish the usefulness of confidential Census data products for economic and demographic research more broadly.