Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity, Socioeconomic Status, and Health across the Life Course (SOGI-SES) Survey with Specifications

SOGI-SES used an online survey; there was no paper survey option. The programmed survey uses extensive skip patterns to simplify content flow and decrease burden for respondents. All survey questions, skip logic, and programmer notes are included below. For data analysis purposes, we recommend using this document in combination with the study’s Codebooks, Index (located at the end of the Restricted-Use Codebook) and associated User Guide available at Add Health’s website - https://addhealth.cpc.unc.edu/

Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity, Socioeconomic Status, and Health across the Life Course (SOGI-SES) User Guide: Study Overview

The Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity, Socioeconomic Status, and Health across the Life Course Study (SOGI-SES) collected new survey data to support exploration of the relationships among sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, same-sex romantic and sexual behaviors, socioeconomic status, and health. The study was designed and conducted under the direction of the co-PIs, Carolyn T. Halpern from the Carolina Population Center (CPC) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Kerith J. Conron from the Williams Institute at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). SOGI-SES is funded by a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (Grant numbers: 1R01HD087365 and R01 HD087365-03S1)