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Shifts in North Carolina Households Reflect Changing Unions
In Gaston and surrounding counties the share of same sex couples rose from 0.3 to 0.5 percent between 2000 and 2010, mirroring national trends of fewer traditional married with children households. North Carolina voters will decide in May on a measure to ban same sex marriage, as polls show continued opposition to a constitutional ban.
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Gaston
Ferrel Guillory
Unc-Chapel Hill
Mecklenburg
Cleveland
Buncombe
U.S
William Frey
Metropolitan Policy
Brookings Institution
University of Michigan
Population Studies Center
United States
Frey
North Carolina
Guillory
Elon University
Gary Gates
Ucla School of Law
Williams Institute
Gates
Amanda Memrick
Area
Gaston County
Cleveland County
Mecklenburg County
Buncombe County