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Choices Matter: How Response Options for Survey Questions about Sexual Identity Affect Population Estimates of Its Association with Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use
Field Methods ( IF 1.782 ) Pub Date : 2021-03-22 , DOI: 10.1177/1525822x21998516
Brady T West 1, 2 , Sean Esteban McCabe 1, 2
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This study presents results from a randomized experiment in the 2015–2017 National Survey of Family Growth, where a large national sample of U.S. individuals aged 15–49 was randomly assigned to one of two different versions of a survey question about sexual identity (one with three response options, including heterosexual, gay/lesbian, and bisexual, and one adding the option “something else”). Analyses of changes in the associations of sexual identity with alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use across these treatments revealed evidence of significant differences in the associations that remained robust after adjusting for socio-demographics. The results suggest that when individuals choose their sexual identity from a more limited number of response options, the heterogeneity of the sexual identity subgroups increases, weakening estimated associations of sexual identity with these behaviors. Open-ended questions may therefore be necessary to measure sexual identity and estimate its associations with substance use behaviors accurately in surveys.



中文翻译:

选择很重要:关于性认同的调查问题的回答选项如何影响其与酒精、烟草和其他药物使用相关性的人口估计

本研究展示了 2015-2017 年全国家庭成长调查中随机实验的结果,其中 15-49 岁的美国全国样本被随机分配到两个不同版本的性别认同调查问题之一(一个与三种回应选项,包括异性恋、男同性恋/女同性恋和双性恋,一个添加选项“其他”)。对跨这些治疗的性认同与酒精、烟草和其他药物使用的关联变化的分析揭示了这些关联的显着差异的证据,这些差异在调整社会人口统计学后仍然保持稳健。结果表明,当个体从数量更有限的反应选项中选择他们的性身份时,性身份亚组的异质性增加,削弱性身份与这些行为的估计关联。因此,开放式问题对于衡量性别认同并在调查中准确估计其与物质使用行为的关联可能是必要的。

更新日期:2021-03-22
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