12. Sex is a fundamental category in social science. Failing to collect data according to sex undermines our ability to talk about sexism, let alone tackle it. #surveys #invisiblewomen
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(2) some people find it uncomfortable to answer a question about their sex, or they don't believe it's a legitimate concept. You still want to survey these ppl to avoid bias and u still want to know their actual sex.
Solution might be to use language of "sex assigned at birth" w these ppl to clarify (i.e. "some ppl think of this as sex assigned at birth, it is what was written on yr birth certificate") but not to impose this interpretation on all, since sex is observed at birth, not assigned.
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The big UK govt LGBT survey published earlier this year asked separately about sex assigned at birth (I’d prefer recorded/observed) and a question on what people identified as (would need to check exactly how phrased).
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I know ESS doesn't do quota sampling, but imagine how the idea that the researcher can't accurately gauge a person's sex would work in that context. e.g. need men to complete a survey, but must pretend they can't tell if the people in front of them are
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Does not solve issue if it is possible to change sex on BC.
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