--- description: Children of same-sex parents have above average health and well-being, research by the University of Melbourne shows. The research was based on data from the... title: Children of Same-Sex Parents Are Healthier: Study image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte449b19bb37d803d/69869acee53abae0884d37a9/91063707.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Children of Same-Sex Parents Are Healthier: Study by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 8, 2014 12:52 AM CUT  Two Men reading to Young Girl in bed. Two Men reading to Young Girl in bed.Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 8, 2014 12:52 AM CUT Children of same-sex parents have above average health and well-being, research by the University of Melbourne shows. The research was based on data from the Australian Study of Child Health in Same-Sex Families, which involved input from 315 same-sex parents and a total of 500 children. Of these participating families, 80 percent had female parents while 18 percent had male partners. “It appears that same-sex parent families get along well and this has a positive impact on health,” said Dr Simon Crouch from the Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program, Centre for Health Equity at the University of Melbourne. [Read the rest of the story at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/children-same-sex-parents-are-healthier-study-n149901?cid=par-time-article%5F20140708 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2964509/children-of-same-sex-parents-are-healthier-study/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2964509/children-of-same-sex-parents-are-healthier-study/"},"headline":"Children of Same-Sex Parents Are Healthier: Study","datePublished":"2014-07-08T00:52:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:36.692Z","description":"Children of same-sex parents have above average health and well-being, research by the University of Melbourne shows. The research was based on data from the...","url":"https://time.com/2964509/children-of-same-sex-parents-are-healthier-study/","keywords":["Living","Children","Australia","Family","study","Research","health","well-being"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte449b19bb37d803d/69869acee53abae0884d37a9/91063707.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte449b19bb37d803d/69869acee53abae0884d37a9/91063707.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"91063707","caption":"91063707","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2964509/children-of-same-sex-parents-are-healthier-study/","name":"Children of Same-Sex Parents Are Healthier: Study"}}]}] ```