Study explores what motivates LGB parents to have more children

Study explores what motivates LGB parents to have more children

A new study found that only sociodemographic factors—including the parent's age, number of current children, economic status, and level of religiosity—predict the desire and intention to have more children among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) parents. The study was led by Dr. Geva Shenkman-Lachberg of the Dina Recanati School of Medicine at Reichman University, in collaboration with Yuval Shaia of Reichman University and Dr. Kfir Ifrah of Rupp…

Sociodemographic factors predict desire, intention to have more children among LGB parents

Neither stigma nor social support — but rather age, economic status, number of children, and religiosity — are the key predictors of LGB parents’ desire to expand their families. This is according to a study — “Predictors for desire, intention, and likelihood for more children among LGB parents through assisted reproduction” by Geva Shenkman-Lachberg, Kfir Ifrah and Yuval Shaia — that was published in the Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psych…