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The traditional way of asking someone gender is either insensitive to transgender and gender non-conforming people, or does not capture the information you are seeking for.</translate>

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Consider whether you actually need to know the respondent's gender, and if so seperate out the question on gender identity from gender history.</translate>

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Whether you are conducting a survey or collecting informational for metrics or statistical purposes and want to know the gender makeup of your respondents, you need to be sensitive to the fact that not everyone fit into the standard gender binary.
Whether you're conducting a survey or collecting metrics or statistics and want to know the gender makeup of your respondents, you need to be sensitive to the fact that not everyone fits into the standard female–male gender binary.


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Surveys frequently include questions about gender among other [[w:Demographics|demographic]] questions. In some cases, knowing the gender of your respondents can help you interpret their answers to other survey questions. For instance, you may want to know whether individuals who identify as one gender were more or less satisfied with a group activity you led at an workshop, or if they are more or less inclined to perform certain editing activities. In other cases, it may not be necessary to know the gender of your respondents.<ref>Human Rights Campaign, "Collecting Transgender-inclusive data in household and other surveys": http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/collecting-transgender-inclusive-gender-data-in-workplace-and-other-surveys</ref>
Surveys frequently include questions about gender, among other [[w:Demographics|demographic]] questions. In some cases, knowing the gender of your respondents can help you interpret their answers to other survey questions. For instance, you may want to know whether individuals who identify as one gender were more or less satisfied with a group activity you led at a workshop, or if they're more or less inclined to perform certain editing activities. In other cases, it may be unnecessary to know their gender.<ref>Human Rights Campaign, "Collecting Transgender-inclusive data in household and other surveys": <tvar name="hrc">http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/collecting-transgender-inclusive-gender-data-in-workplace-and-other-surveys</tvar></ref>


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If you decide to include questions about gender in your survey, consider phrasing those questions in ways that do not force respondents to chose a gender category or declaring a [[w:Gender_identity|gender identity]] that they do not identify as. At minimum, you should allow participants to opt out of identifying as male or female. You may do this by making gender-related questions optional in your survey, or by providing respondents with additional options, such as "Other (please specify)", "Neither male nor female", or "I would rather not say."
If you decide to include questions about gender, consider phrasing the questions in ways that don't force respondents to choose a gender category or declare a [[w:Gender_identity|gender identity]] they're not comfortable with. As a minimum, allow participants to opt out of identifying as male or female. You can do this by making gender-related questions optional in your survey, or by providing respondents with additional options, such as "Other (please specify)", "Neither male nor female", or "I'd rather not say."


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* If the goal of your survey is to understand gendered experiences or opinions, consider asking separate questions about physiological [[w:Gender|gender]] and [[w:Gender_identity|gender identity]].
* If the goal of your survey is to understand gendered experiences or opinions, consider asking separate questions about physiological [[w:Gender|gender]] and [[w:Gender identity|gender identity]].
* Because gender identity is a spectrum, rather than a set of discrete and mutually-exclusive categories, always give participants an option to skip the question or describe their gender identity in their own words.<ref>Amy Feder "Gender Continuums: Considerations when collecting gender data": http://www.campuslabs.com/2012/02/gender-continuums-considerations-when-collecting-gender-data/</ref>
* Because gender identity is a spectrum rather than a set of discrete and mutually exclusive categories, always give participants an option to skip the question or describe their gender identity in their own words.<ref>Amy Feder "Gender Continuums: Considerations when collecting gender data": <tvar name="campuslabs">http://www.campuslabs.com/2012/02/gender-continuums-considerations-when-collecting-gender-data/</tvar></ref>


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* Editor trends surveys
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* Post-event feedback surveys
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* [[User:Jtmorgan|J-Mo]]
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* [[User:Netha Hussain|Netha Hussain]]
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* [[User:Harej|James Hare]]
* [[User:AWang_(WMF)|Alex]]
* [[User:Varnent|Gregory Varnum]]
* [[User:Libcub|Libcub]]
* [[User:OR drohowa|OR drohowa]]
* [[User:Mssemantics|Mssemantics]]
* [[User:Ciell|Ciell]]
* [[User:Jtud_(WMF)|Janice]]
* [[User:Fhocutt|Fhocutt]]
* [[User:ZoidChan23|ZoidChan23]] ([[User talk:ZoidChan23|talk]]) 20:33, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

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== See also == <!--T:8-->
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* [[Grants:Learning_patterns/Asking the right questions|Asking the right questions]]
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* [[Grants:Learning_patterns/Framing survey questions|Framing survey questions]]
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* [[m:Survey best practices#Sex/Gender identity|Wikimedia Survey best practices (Gender identity)]]
* [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Survey best practices#Sex/Gender identity</tvar>|Wikimedia Survey best practices (Gender identity)]]
* [http://www.ihsn.org/home/node/186 Gender issues in surveys] (ihsn.org)
* [<tvar name="2">http://www.ihsn.org/home/node/186</tvar> Gender issues in surveys] (ihsn.org)
* [http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/research/census-lgbt-demographics-studies/how-many-people-are-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender/ How many people are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender?] (UCLA Williams Institute)
* [<tvar name="3">http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/research/census-lgbt-demographics-studies/how-many-people-are-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender/</tvar> How many people are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender?] (UCLA Williams Institute)


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Latest revision as of 13:13, 20 November 2024

Other languages:
Gender identity
problemThe traditional way of asking someone's gender is either insensitive to transgender and gender non-conforming people, or doesn't capture the information you're seeking.
solutionConsider whether you actually need to know the respondents' gender, and if so separate out the question on gender identity from gender history.
creator• KTC
endorse
created onNovember 14, 2013


What problem does this solve?

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Whether you're conducting a survey or collecting metrics or statistics and want to know the gender makeup of your respondents, you need to be sensitive to the fact that not everyone fits into the standard female–male gender binary.

What is the solution?

[edit]

Surveys frequently include questions about gender, among other demographic questions. In some cases, knowing the gender of your respondents can help you interpret their answers to other survey questions. For instance, you may want to know whether individuals who identify as one gender were more or less satisfied with a group activity you led at a workshop, or if they're more or less inclined to perform certain editing activities. In other cases, it may be unnecessary to know their gender.[1]

If you decide to include questions about gender, consider phrasing the questions in ways that don't force respondents to choose a gender category or declare a gender identity they're not comfortable with. As a minimum, allow participants to opt out of identifying as male or female. You can do this by making gender-related questions optional in your survey, or by providing respondents with additional options, such as "Other (please specify)", "Neither male nor female", or "I'd rather not say."

General considerations

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  • If the goal of your survey is to understand gendered experiences or opinions, consider asking separate questions about physiological gender and gender identity.
  • Because gender identity is a spectrum rather than a set of discrete and mutually exclusive categories, always give participants an option to skip the question or describe their gender identity in their own words.[2]

When to use

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  • Editor trends surveys
  • Gender gap surveys
  • Post-event feedback surveys

Endorsements

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Human Rights Campaign, "Collecting Transgender-inclusive data in household and other surveys": http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/collecting-transgender-inclusive-gender-data-in-workplace-and-other-surveys
  2. ↑ Amy Feder "Gender Continuums: Considerations when collecting gender data": http://www.campuslabs.com/2012/02/gender-continuums-considerations-when-collecting-gender-data/
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