DOI: 10.3886/icpsr38421.v1
title: Combined Generations Wave 1 and TransPop surveys, United States, 2016-2018
title: Version 1

description: This collection includes a combined dataset of the Generations study wave 1 (baseline) survey and the TransPop study transgender survey. The two studies have many overlapping variables, and they examined topics such as respondents' health outcomes and behaviors, experiences with discrimination, identity, and transition-related experiences. Data from these studies were merged to allow for analysis of the combined LGBT populations. This dataset has also been reweighted to be representative of these populations.
The complete Generations study data (baseline, wave 2, and wave 3 survey data) can be found under study number 37166, and the complete TransPop study data (transgender and cisgender survey data) can be found under study number 37938. For detailed information on the Generations and TransPop studies, including related publications, please refer to their respective DSDR/ICPSR study pages.
description: The purpose of combining data from the Generations and TransPop studies is to allow for analysis of the LGBT population.
description: Participants from both studies were recruited and screened by Gallup, Inc., a survey research consulting company. Generations respondents were eligible to participate if they identified as sexual minority (and not transgender) in response to a question that asked if they were lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, or same-gender loving and were in the age and race/ethnicity groups targeted for the 3 cohorts under investigation in the study: ages 18-25, 34-41, or 52-59; Black, Latino, or White or multi-racial including one of these; completed 6th grade at least; and if they spoke English well enough to conduct the phone interview in English. Respondents who were transgender, regardless of their sexual orientation, were screened for participation in the TransPop study. (Respondents who were gender non-binary but not identified as transgender were included in the Generations study.) TransPop respondents were also screened for similar eligibility requirements, including adult over age 18, education above 6th grade, and ability to conduct the interview in English. Respondents who met the studies' eligibility criteria and agreed to participate were emailed or mailed the survey questionnaire to complete by self-administration. They also received a $25 gift certificate for their participation. Please see the Methodology and Technical Notes user guides for additional information on each study's recruitment and procedures.
description: The combined dataset has been reweighted to be representative of the LGBT populations from the Generations and TransPop studies. Please see the Methodology and Technical Notes user guides for additional weighting information.
description: Response Rates: The total response rate for the Generations Wave 1 (baseline) survey was 39 percent. The total response rate for TransPop 1 was 30.3 percent, and the total response rate for TransPop2 was 28.7 percent.
description: Presence of Common Scales: Scales used across the two studies include:
Psychological distress, Kessler-6
Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT)
Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (DUDIT)
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
Social well-being
Satisfaction with life
Multi-group ethnic identity
Community connectedness
Non-affirmation/non-disclosure of gender identity
Healthcare stereotype threat
Internalized homophobia and transphobia scales
Everyday discrimination
Chronic strains
Childhood gender non-conformity
Negative expectations of the future
Sexual identity centrality
Felt stigma
Perceived social support
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Public-Use Data
DS2: Restricted-Use Data
description: Generations Study: Adults in the U.S. who identified as LGB (lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, or same-gender loving and not transgender), were between the ages 18-25, 34-42, and 48-55, were Black, Latino, or White, had completed 6th grade at least, and spoke English well enough to conduct the phone interview in English.
TransPop Transgender Survey: Transgender adults age 18 and above who live in the U.S.. Smallest Geographic Unit: Zipcode
description: mail questionnaire; telephone interview; web-based surveyCase counts for TransPop respondents differ between this combined data collection and the original TransPop collection. The combined dataset is restricted to TransPop respondents age 60 and younger to match the age groups in the Generations study, and in order to weight the data to the population of 18- to 60-year-olds.For additional information on Generations: A Study of the Life and Health of LGB People in a Changing Society, United States, 2016-2017, please visit the Generations study website.For additional information on TransPop, United States, 2016-2018, please visit the TransPop study website.Additional information is also available in the Williams Institute report, <em>Identity, Stress, and Health of LGBTQ People in the US</em>.