Nonresponse to a Question on Self-Identified Sexual Orientation in a Public Health Survey and Its Relationship to Race and Ethnicity | Zendy

HyunJun Kim | Zendy; Karen I. FredriksenGoldsen | Zendy

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Nonresponse to a Question on Self-Identified Sexual Orientation in a Public Health Survey and Its Relationship to Race and Ethnicity

Author(s) -

HyunJun Kim,

Karen I. FredriksenGoldsen

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2012.300835

Subject(s) - sexual orientation , behavioral risk factor surveillance system , ethnic group , multinomial logistic regression , race (biology) , logistic regression , public health , demography , psychology , social psychology , gerontology , medicine , political science , sociology , gender studies , statistics , nursing , mathematics , law

We examined whether nonresponse to the survey question on self-identified sexual orientation was associated with race and ethnicity, utilizing Washington State Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data. The results of adjusted multinomial logistic regression indicated that the nonresponse rates of Asian Americans, Hispanics, and African Americans are higher than those of non-Hispanic Whites. Innovative ways of measuring sexual orientation to reduce racially and ethnically driven bias need to be developed and integrated into public health surveys.

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