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Vocal timbre and the classification of respondent sex in US phone-based surveys

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  • Riley, N.C.
  • Blosnich, J.R.
  • Bear, T.M.
  • Reisner, S.L.

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Objectives. To characterize the conflict of sex and gender identity variables in the 2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) sample and examine how this may affect the administration of sex-related health behavior items to transgender participants. Methods. We conducted a secondary analysis of the 2014 BRFSS gender identity, sex, and sex-related health behavior variables. Twenty states administered the genderidentity variables (n = 154 062), and 691 respondents identified as transgender in the survey (0.4%). We examined conflict among sex, gender identity, and gender-related variables, and compared conflicting and nonconflicting groups across 4 sociodemographic characteristics. Results. Nearly one third of respondents (27.8%; n = 171) who identified as transgender received sex-specific items that conflicted with their natal sex, thereby reducing the already small subsample of valid responses. There were no significant differences between conflicting and nonconflicting groups on the basis of region, age, race/ethnicity, or type of interview. Conclusions. Public health surveys should ask respondents to self-identify their sex and gender identity. Interviewer assumptions of respondents' sex may lead to erroneous collection of sex- and gender-based items, inhibit survey administration, and create problems in data quality.

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  • Riley, N.C. & Blosnich, J.R. & Bear, T.M. & Reisner, S.L., 2017. "Vocal timbre and the classification of respondent sex in US phone-based surveys," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 107(8), pages 1290-1294.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2017.303834_1
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303834
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    1. Danya Lagos, 2018. "Looking at Population Health Beyond “Male” and “Female”: Implications of Transgender Identity and Gender Nonconformity for Population Health," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 55(6), pages 2097-2117, December.
    2. Ethan C Cicero & Sari L Reisner & Elizabeth I Merwin & Janice C Humphreys & Susan G Silva, 2020. "The health status of transgender and gender nonbinary adults in the United States," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(2), pages 1-20, February.
    3. Heidi Moseson & Mitchell R Lunn & Anna Katz & Laura Fix & Mary Durden & Ari Stoeffler & Jen Hastings & Lyndon Cudlitz & Eli Goldberg & Bori Lesser-Lee & Laz Letcher & Aneidys Reyes & Annesa Flentje & , 2020. "Development of an affirming and customizable electronic survey of sexual and reproductive health experiences for transgender and gender nonbinary people," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(5), pages 1-15, May.

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