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To develop and validate a quantitative assessment instrument measuring gender as a sociocultural variable for use in clinical and population-based health research.

February 22, 2021Biology of Sex DifferencesOpen Access

Gender-related variables for health research

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To develop and validate a quantitative assessment instrument measuring gender as a sociocultural variable for use in clinical and population-based health research.
Synthesized English-language gender measures published between 1975 and 2015 across gender norms, traits, and relations to construct 11 candidate variables with 44 survey items.
Administered surveys across three cross-sectional US cohorts between May 2017 and January 2018: two online panels (N = 2,051 and N = 2,135) and a patient registry cohort (N = 489).
Performed exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses along with multivariable regression models adjusted for age, ethnicity, income, education, sex assigned at birth, and gender identity.
Factor analyses reduced the 11 initial constructs to 7 validated gender-related variables: caregiver strain, work strain, independence, risk-taking, emotional intelligence, social support, and discrimination.
All seven gender-related variables exhibited significant associations with self-rated general health, physical health, mental health, and health-risk behaviors after adjusting for biological sex and gender identity.

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Cross-sectional survey study reveals seven gender-related constructs linked to health outcomes in US adults, highlighting the value of assessing sociocultural gender in medical research.

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Nielsen et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a00092d7ac91c5d2a2d65cf https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-021-00366-3

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Cross-sectional survey study reveals seven gender-related constructs linked to health outcomes in US adults, highlighting the value of assessing sociocultural gender in medical research.

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