Modernizing Sex and Gender Survey Measurements

We invite anyone who is curious about how to ask better questions about sex and gender in surveys, and how to use sex and gender data in secondary analyses.

This discussion encourages a thoughtful and critical interrogation of the advantages and shortcomings of different measurement approaches - where the 'best' measure in one respect may have shortcomings in others. We will focus on best practices, such as the process of selecting measures with intentionality, and reporting on those intentions with transparency, humility, and accountability.

This lecture welcomes questions about best practices in sex and gender survey measurements and will create an open and inclusive environment for anyone working to integrate sex and gender measurements into their quantitative or qualitative work.

Dr. A.J. Lowik, is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Lethbridge who led the development of the Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity's "Gender & Sex in Methods & Measurement: Research Equity Toolkit" project, which provides free, open-source tools, detailing practical guidance for researchers in their pursuit of accuracy, precision, and inclusion when it comes to how sex and gender as concepts - and intersex, trans and Two-Spirit people by extension - show up in their health research.

Event Venue

Dalla Lana School of Public Health, 155 College Street, Toronto, Canada

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