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Publication Date: May 2009
Publisher:
Author(s): Gary J Gates
Research Area: Population and demographics; Social conditions
Keywords: gay; marriage; creative class; mobility
Type: Brief
Coverage: Massachusetts
Abstract:
Data from the American Community Survey suggest that marriage equality has a small but positive impact on the number of individuals in same-sex couples who are attracted to a state. However, marriage equality appears to have a larger impact on the types of individuals in same-sex couples who are attracted to a state. This study shows that in Massachusetts marriage equality resulted in an increase of younger, female, and more highly educated and skilled individuals in same-sex couples moving to the state.