??gay marriage up 70% in us since legalization

同性婚姻合法化后，美国同性婚姻家庭数量增长了70%

same-sex marriages now make up a half a million american households, five years after the supreme court legalized such relationships.

在美国最高法院将同性婚姻合法化的五年后，美国如今已有50万个同性婚姻家庭。

the u.s. census bureau reported last week that the number of married same-sex households has increased by almost 70 percent since 2014. the numbers are based on the census bureau’s american community survey.

据美国人口普查局上周发布的报告称，自2014年以来，同性婚姻家庭数量增长了近70%。这一数字是由人口普查局的美国社区调查得出的。

the survey found that about 980,000 households in the country belong to same-sex couples. it showed 58 percent, or a little more than 586,000, as married. the other 42 percent lived together outside of marriage.

调查发现，全美约有98万个同性伴侣组成的家庭，其中已婚家庭占比58%（略大于58.6万），未婚同居占比42%。

there were more female couple households than male couple households, but not by a lot. gary gates, is a demographer specializing in lgbt issues. he said, “opponents of marriage equality frequently argued that same-sex couples really weren’t all that interested in marriage. but the large increase in marriages among same-sex couples since marriage equality became legal nationwide offers evidence of the clear desire for marriage among same-sex couples.”

专门研究同性恋问题的人口统计学家加里·盖茨表示，女同家庭多于男同家庭，但差别并不显著。他说：“反对婚姻平等的人经常说，同性伴侣并不是那么渴望婚姻。但是，自同性恋婚姻在全国范围内合法化以来，同性伴侣婚姻的大幅增加证明了同性伴侣同样渴望婚姻。”

the survey showed noticeable economic differences between male couples and female couples, as well as same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples.

调查显示，男同伴侣和女同伴侣以及同性伴侣与异性伴侣之间的经济状况存在着明显的差异。

the study found that same-sex married couples generally earned more money, with average earnings of about $107,000 a year. that compares to almost $97,000 for opposite-sex couples. among same-sex marriages, male couples earned more than female couples — $123,646 compared to $87,690.

研究发现，同性伴侣的收入普遍更高，平均年收入约为10.7万元。与之相比，异性伴侣的平均年收入接近9.7万美元。而在同性伴侣中，男同伴侣的平均年收入为123,646美元，高于女同伴侣的8,7690美元。

the research also found that same-sex married households were more likely to be in the workforce than opposite-sex married households — 84.6 percent compared to 80.4 percent.

研究还发现，同性婚姻家庭相比异性婚姻家庭有着更高的就业率，两者就业率分别为84.6%和80.4%。

the study showed married women in same-sex households were much more likely to be working than married women in opposite-sex households. but married men in same-sex households were less likely to be working than married men in opposite-sex ones.

研究表明，同性婚姻家庭中的女性比异性婚姻家庭的女性更有可能处于就业状态。但同性婚姻家庭中的男性比异性婚姻家庭中的男性处于就业状态的可能性更小。

gates said, “while most research that gay and bisexual men, on average, do not earn more than their comparable heterosexual male counterparts, that research also shows that they tend to earn more than lesbian and bisexual women.”

盖茨说:“虽然大多数研究表明，同性恋和双性恋男性的平均收入并不比异性恋男性高，但研究也表明，他们往往比女同性恋和双性恋女性挣得更多。”

separate survey results also released thursday show that almost 15 percent of same-sex couples had at least one child under the age of 18. the same is true of a little more than 48 percent of opposite-sex couples.

周四公布的另一项调查结果显示，近15%的同性伴侣至少有一个不到18岁的孩子。异性伴侣的这一比例则略高于48%。

of the nearly 300,000 children living in homes with same-sex couples, 66 percent were children of both partners, compared to 95 percent for opposite-sex couples, reports the census bureau’s current population survey.

人口普查局当期人口调查报告显示，有近30万名儿童生活在同性家庭中，其中66%是伴侣双方的孩子，而异性恋家庭中这一比例为95%。

the district of columbia had the greatest concentration of same-sex households. in the nation’s capital, about 2.4 percent of households are same-sex households. the nearby state of delaware followed, with 1.3 percent. the states of oregon, massachusetts and washington came next, all a little over one percent, the survey found.

美国首都哥伦比亚特区是同性恋家庭最集中的地区，同性家庭占比约为2.4。邻近的特拉华州紧随其后，为1.3%。调查发现，排在后面的分别是俄勒冈州、马萨诸塞州和华盛顿州紧随其后，均略高于1%。

in the survey, more than 16 percent of same-sex married households were interracial couples, double

the rate for opposite-sex married couples.

调查显示，超过16%的同性婚姻家庭是跨种族婚姻，这一比例是异性婚姻家庭的两倍。

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