Objectives: To examine public response to a telephone screener used to identify a probability sample of lesbians, gays and bisexuals.
Methods: A telephone screener was designed to provide a representative sample of self-identified lesbians, gays and bisexuals in the 30 central cities of the 15 largest Consolidated Metropolitan Areas.
Results: Of 14,458 households contacted, 11,612 completed at least part of the survey. Of these, only 2.6% refused or responded “don’t know” to the screener question. Respondents from the northeast were more reluctant to answer than respondents from the west.
Conclusions: The use of a screener on a national telephone survey to screen households for self-identified lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults was a successful way to generate a representative sample.
Learning Objectives: N/A
Keywords: Methodology, Data Collection
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.