The Value of Children to Gay and Heterosexual Fathers

Jerry J. Bigner · R. Brooke Jacobsen

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Family Dynamics and Relationships Gender and Feminist Studies LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy

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Responses of 33 gay fathers were compared with those of 33 heterosexual fathers on the Value of Children scale, an empirical measure of the reasons for wanting to become a parent. Responses of gay fathers did not differ significantly from heterosexual fathers on the majority of the items of the inventory, but differences were found on two subscales, Tradition-Continuity-Security and Social Status. Item analysis of responses shows that gay fathers may have particularly significant reasons motivating them to become parents.

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