Spring 2020 Scientific Issues in MDM Poll Survey

1.Which terms do you use when inquiring about gender-identity in your research? Multiple answers possible.

2.Please indicate which constructs combining ethnicity and gender-inclusive language (e.g., Latinx instead of Latina/o) you have used in your research (if any)? Multiple answers possible.

3.Do you intend to (also) use such constructs in your future work?

Yes

No, because:

4.If respondents select gender-identity categories other than male or female, how do you report these data (e.g., in demographics tables)?

I do not report these respondents

I report these respondents by combining all of these gender-identity categories into an ‘Other’ category

I report some of these respondents by redistributing certain gender-identity categories over the male/female categories (e.g., transgender female is added to female) and do not report other categories

I report some of these respondents by redistributing certain gender-identity categories over the male/female categories (e.g., transgender female is added to female) and combine the remaining categories into an ‘Other’ category

I report each of the gender-identity categories I use in the analyses in the demographics table

Another approach, namely:

5.If respondents select gender-identity categories other than male or female, how do you generally handle these data in your analyses? Choose one.

I do not include these respondents in the analyses

I include only respondents who have been redistributed into male/female categories in the analyses

I include these respondents in the analyses as a single additional gender category (e.g., ‘Other’)

I include these respondents in the analyses as multiple additional gender-identity categories

Another approach, namely:

6.Which of the SMDM subfields best describes your work?

7.In what country do you work?

8.Please suggest any topics you would like to see covered in future Scientific Issues in MDM polls: