A gender survey question is the question in a survey asking for the respondent to report their gender. In questionnaire construction the survey designer may make this an open-ended question or multiple choice.
In 2018 the General Social Survey began releasing data on respondents' self-identified gender.[1]
Historically surveys have only offered options for respondents to indicate being either male or female.[2] More inclusive surveys may offer more options.[2]
Some respondents will not want to indicate being either male or female and will wish for additional options.[3]
Sex and gender are important demographic characteristics to understand in social research, but for information on these things to be meaningful, researchers must be thoughtful in collecting the data.[4]
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2021 research application -
2021 hospital registration form
References
edit- ^ Carian, Emily K. (15 May 2019). "More Inclusive Gender Questions Added to the General Social Survey". The Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Stanford University.
- ^ a b Harrison, Jack; Grant, Jaime; Herman, Jody L. (1 April 2012). "A Gender Not Listed Here: Genderqueers, Gender Rebels, and OtherWise in the National Transgender Discrimination Survey". LGBTQ Public Policy Journal at the Harvard Kennedy School. 2 (1): 13.
- ^ Spiel, Katta; Haimson, Oliver; Lottridge, Danielle (August 2019). "How to do better with gender on surveys: A guide for HCI researchers | ACM Interactions". ACM Interactions. XXVI (4). Association for Computing Machinery: 62. doi:10.1145/3338283. hdl:2027.42/154050. S2CID 195776950.
- ^ Westbrook, Laurel; Saperstein, Aliya (10 July 2015). "New Categories Are Not Enough". Gender & Society. 29 (4): 534–560. doi:10.1177/0891243215584758. S2CID 85520200.
Further consideration
edit- Fonseca, Sabrina (4 September 2020). "Designing forms for gender diversity and inclusion". Medium.
External links
edit- https://genders.wtf/ - a collection of gender survey questions intended to be humorous