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from Parenting & Family
Divorce Rate in Same-Sex
Partnerships In Sweden
A new study published by the Institute For Marriage And Public Policy (IMAPP) in
May, 2004, sheds light on the high incidence of legal "divorce" among gays who
entered into a registered same-sex partnership in Sweden.
The IMAPP report surveys the results of a study published by Gunnar Andersson,
earlier this year entitled "Divorce-Risk Patterns In Same-Sex 'Marriages' In
Norway And Sweden."
The IMAPP report notes that in Sweden, between 1995 and 2002, there were 1,526
gay partnerships contracted, compared to 280,000 for heterosexual couples. Five
out of 1,000 new couples in Sweden are same-sex. Sixty-two percent of those are
male same-sex unions.
The survey revealed a high rate of legal divorce among homosexual couples in
Sweden. Gay male couples were 50% more likely to divorce within an eight-year
period than were heterosexuals; and lesbian couples were 167% more likely to
divorce than heterosexual couples.
According to IMAPP: "Even among childless households, same-sex male partnerships
experienced almost a 50% higher likelihood (1.49 times as likely) of divorce
during the study period, while childless lesbian couples were three times as
likely (200% higher likelihood) to break up as a married couple without
children."
Updated: 8 February 2008
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