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Abstract #302264

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Activity Number: 292
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Government Statistics
Abstract - #302264
Title: Asking the Right Questions: Making a Case for Sexual Orientation Data
Author(s): M.V. Lee Badgett*+
Companies: University of Massachusetts
Address: Dept. of Economics, Amherst, MA, 01003,
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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 subgroups 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 policy-making that are at stake: families, social service provision, health services, economic development, employment, youth, and business decisions. It will give extended examples of the use of data on sexual orientation in family policy-making and in policies related to youth and education. Finally, the paper will outline the other areas where data collection issues on sexual orientation are most pressing.

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