Gender survey question

A gender survey question is the question in a survey asking for the respondent to report their gender. In questionnaire construction the survey designer may make this an open-ended question or multiple choice.

gender survey question from a July 2020 Wikimedia Foundation questionnaire for the Code of Conduct project

In 2018 the General Social Survey began releasing data on respondents' self-identified gender.^[1]

Historically surveys have only offered options for respondents to indicate being either male or female.^[2] More inclusive surveys may offer more options.^[2]

Some respondents will not want to indicate being either male or female and will wish for additional options.^[3]

Sex and gender are important demographic characteristics to understand in social research, but for information on these things to be meaningful, researchers must be thoughtful in collecting the data.^[4]

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  2021 research application
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  2021 hospital registration form