Brabete Andreea C, Doray-Demers Pascal, Vissandjée Bilkis
Faculty of Nursing, University of Montreal.
Research Chair on the Study of Gambling - FRQ-SC, Concordia University.
J Sex Res. 2020 Oct;57(8):997-1004. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2020.1772704. Epub 2020 Jun 18.
This study used data from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) (2005-2014) to analyze the relationships between sexual orientation item nonresponse and interview language, conversation language, migration status (migrant-non-migrant), cultural background, sex, age, education level, and marital status in a cross-sectional sample over 18 ( = 351,713 participants). Item nonresponse rates oscillated between 0.87% in 2007 and 1.4% in 2014. Individuals who self-declared as belonging to cultural groups such as Chinese, South Asian, South East Asian, Arab, Indigenous and Other had higher nonresponse odds compared to people who self-identified as Whites. The results showed significant higher nonresponse odds among immigrants. Women had higher nonresponse rates. The likelihood of non-answer increased with age and decreased with education. French interviews, interviews in other languages and speaking both English and French produced less nonresponse. Contrary to common beliefs, sexual orientation questions are not too controversial. Sexual orientation nonresponse is low and stable over time suggesting that research participants are willing to answer sexual orientation questions. These findings highlight that immigrants and people who self-declare as belonging to different cultural groups may interpret the sexual orientation questions differently.
本研究使用了加拿大社区健康调查（CCHS）（2005 - 2014年）的数据，对18岁以上横断面样本（n = 351,713名参与者）中性取向项目无应答与访谈语言、交谈语言、移民身份（移民 - 非移民）、文化背景、性别、年龄、教育水平和婚姻状况之间的关系进行分析。项目无应答率在2007年的0.87%至2014年的1.4%之间波动。与自认为是白人的人相比，自我宣称属于中国、南亚、东南亚、阿拉伯、原住民及其他等文化群体的个体无应答几率更高。结果显示，移民中的无应答几率显著更高。女性的无应答率更高。无应答的可能性随年龄增加而上升，随教育程度提高而下降。法语访谈、其他语言访谈以及同时会说英语和法语的访谈产生较少的无应答情况。与普遍看法相反，性取向问题并非争议性太大。性取向无应答率随时间推移较低且稳定，这表明研究参与者愿意回答性取向问题。这些发现突出表明，移民以及自我宣称属于不同文化群体的人可能对性取向问题有不同的理解。
