{"id":3729,"date":"2012-06-26T15:01:21","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T19:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/?p=3729"},"modified":"2013-01-21T20:50:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T01:50:39","slug":"and-speaking-of-sample-size-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/2012\/06\/and-speaking-of-sample-size-problems.html","title":{"rendered":"And Speaking of Sample Size Problems…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Remember that study contrasting outcomes for children of gay parents with children in other kinds of families<\/a>? \u00a0We discussed a couple methodological concerns<\/a> here already, but I want to give them credit where it\u2019s due. \u00a0The New Family Structures Survey put together a very nice interactive visualization<\/a> for their data. \u00a0And, even more credit, their sample sizes and demographic breakdowns are available right on the first page of the visualization.<\/p>\n

People have complained about how few children in the survey were in long-term stable gay families a la Dan Savage\u2019s, but no one I\u2019ve seen has broken down the numbers, even though NFSS gave us the tools to do it. \u00a0NFSS counted a child as raised in a gay household if either the mother or the father had ever been in a same-sex relationship while the child was a child. \u00a0Here are the subgroups they broke those relationships into:<\/p>\n