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Same-Sex Marriages, Divorce and Children from the Prism of Methodological Triangulation

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  • Inmaculada Puertas Cañaveral

    (Department of Sociology, Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain)

  • José Manuel Jiménez-Cabello

    (Department of State Law and Sociology, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Malaga, 29071 Malaga, Spain)

  • Diego Becerril-Ruiz

    (Department of Sociology, Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain)

  • José Luis Paniza Prados

    (Department of Sociology, Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain)

Abstract

This article delves into the social reality of same-sex couples breaking up in Spain, seeking to answer questions, such as: When and why does divorce occur? What type of divorces occur and what is child custody like? To accomplish this, an overview and evolution of these marriages is provided; later the status of the issue regarding marriages and their terminations is explored. The investigation proposes triangulation as a methodological strategy using quantitative and qualitative techniques to achieve greater richness and guarantees in the results, indicating that marriages of same-sex couples have a distinctive idiosyncrasy in comparison to that of heterosexuals in the divorce process.

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  • Inmaculada Puertas Cañaveral & José Manuel Jiménez-Cabello & Diego Becerril-Ruiz & José Luis Paniza Prados, 2023. "Same-Sex Marriages, Divorce and Children from the Prism of Methodological Triangulation," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-16, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:12:y:2023:i:2:p:107-:d:1070819
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