Las uniones homosexuales en España. Una caracterización sociodemográfica a partir del censo de 2001

Same-sex marriage has recently become legalized in Spain in a context of scarce empirical research on same-sex partnerships. This article aims to contribute to this field by using the 2001 census data to describe the demographics of same-sex partners and partnerships. We include an overview of the demographic characteristics of the spouses and analyze the composition of same-sex partnerships in terms of age, sex, educational attainment and citizenship. The results point out that individual and union characteristics differ according to sex composition of the couple. Same-sex partnerships appear to be significantly more heterogamous than the heterosexuals ones.