Health Care Benefits for Same Sex Partners

Thirty percent of same-sex unmarried domestic partners have access to health care benefits for their partner through their employer, according to the 2011 Employee Benefits Survey. In the 2011 survey, for the first time, questions were included about access to benefits for unmarried domestic partners--same sex and opposite sex. The 30 percent of same-sex partners who have access to health care benefits exceeds the 25 percent of opposite-sex partners with access to benefits.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employee Benefits in the United States--March 2011