Abstract Recent legal and social changes in marriage equality, parenting among same-sex couples, and fatherhood discourses may prompt more US gay and bisexual men to desire fatherhood. However, scholars know little about fatherhood desires among these men. Therefore, we investigated temporal changes in fatherhood desires and perceptions of being bothered by future childlessness among US gay, bisexual, and heterosexual men. The sample included childless men participating in 5 cycles of the National Survey of Family Growth. Adjusted Wald tests and Pearson’s chi-square tests examined temporal changes in future fatherhood desires and being bothered by future childlessness, and they compared the men along these outcomes. We used logistic regression for multivariable analyses. The proportion of gay, bisexual, and heterosexual men who desired fatherhood remained stable from 2002 to 2013–2015. Most gay, bisexual, and heterosexual men desired fatherhood, but gay men had the lowest likelihood of doing so. Gay and bisexual men were less likely than heterosexual men to be bothered by future childlessness. Although the prevalence of fatherhood desires among these men did not increase during 2002–2015, the relatively high prevalence of fatherhood desires warrants research and data collection to understand factors influencing these desires, especially among gay and bisexual men.

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美国同性恋，双性恋和异性恋者的父亲欲和未来的无子女困扰，美国，2002-2015年

摘要婚姻平等，同性伴侣之间的养育以及父亲的言论最近在法律和社会上的变化可能促使更多的美国同性恋者和双性恋男人渴望拥有父亲。然而，学者们对这些人中父亲的愿望了解甚少。因此，我们调查了美国同性恋，双性恋和异性恋男人中父亲的愿望和被未来的无子女困扰的观念的时间变化。样本包括参加全国家庭增长调查的5个周期的无子女男性。调整后的Wald检验和Pearson的卡方检验检验了未来父亲的性欲的暂时变化，并受到未来孩子的困扰，并比较了这些结果中的男性。我们使用逻辑回归进行多变量分析。同性恋，双性恋，希望当父亲的异性恋男人从2002年到2013-2015年保持稳定。大多数男同性恋，双性恋和异性恋男人都希望有父亲身份，但同性恋者这样做的可能性最低。同性恋和双性恋男人比异性恋男人更容易受到未来的无子女困扰。尽管在2002-2015年间，这些人中父亲性欲的患病率没有增加，但是相对较高的父亲性欲患病率仍值得研究和数据收集，以了解影响这些愿望的因素，尤其是在同性恋者和双性恋者中。