Table I.
Current relationship status and parental status of prospective co-parents by gender and sexual orientation.
| Male |
Female |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heterosexual |
Gay/bisexual |
Heterosexual |
Lesbian/bisexual |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Relationship status | ||||||||||
| Cohabiting | 1 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 21 | 21 |
| Married/civil partnership | 3 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 11 |
| Single | 13 | 65 | 26 | 64 | 15 | 82 | 9 | 45 | 63 | 64 |
| Divorced/separated | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Parental status | ||||||||||
| No children | 14 | 70 | 39 | 95 | 15 | 83 | 16 | 80 | 84 | 85 |
| Has at least one child | 6 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 |
| Total | 20 | 100 | 41 | 100 | 18 | 100 | 20 | 100 | 99 | 100 |