The Household Pulse Survey only provides data for respondents aged 18-88, so kin outside this age range are marked as "unknown."

This finding comes with several assumptions, of course. Interested in reading more? Look for a working paper in the coming months :)

Estimates are derived from a two-sex, time-variant kinship matrix model, to which estimates of the prevalence of queer identity for American men & women are applied. Here, "queer" includes those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or another non-straight identity.

Shout out to my amazing coauthors @florence-becot.bsky.social, Zuzana Bednarik, & Carrie Henning-Smith and support from the NCRCRD and NERCRD, among others!