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Asking The Right Questions: Making A Case For Sexual Orientation Data, Lee Badgett
Asking The Right Questions: Making A Case For Sexual Orientation Data, Lee Badgett
Lee Badgett
Currently, very little information is collected on sexual orientation in the nationally representative surveys that guide much of the investigation of social, economic, and health policy. Asking questions on sexual orientation will help to fulfill the mission of such surveys to measure outcomes both for the population as a whole and population sub-groups where a policy role is evident. In many cases, the stated purposes and current uses of survey data may even be seen to require the collection of personal characteristics such as sexual orientation. This paper will first outline the particular areas of research and policymaking that are …
Asking The Right Questions: Making The Case For Sexual Orientation Data, Lee Badgett
Asking The Right Questions: Making The Case For Sexual Orientation Data, Lee Badgett
Lee Badgett
Currently, very little information is collected on sexual orientation in the nationally representative surveys that guide much of the investigation of social, economic, and health policy. Asking questions on sexual orientation will help to fulfill the mission of such surveys to measure outcomes both for the population as a whole and population sub-groups where a policy role is evident. In many cases, the stated purposes and current uses of survey data may even be seen to require the collection of personal characteristics such as sexual orientation. This paper will first outline the particular areas of research and policymaking that are …