SpeakOut: Polyvictimization Prevalence Rates for Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents - Online, 2015 [United States] (ICPSR 36774)

Version Date: Feb 2, 2018

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Principal Investigator(s):
Paul Sterzing, University of California, Berkeley, Social Welfare; Jeffrey L. Edleson, University of California, Berkeley, Social Welfare

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36774.v1

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Summary

These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.

The purpose of the study was to identify lifetime polyvictimization rates by gender identity and sexual orientation, for a national sample of sexual and gender minority adolescents. The study used an anonymous, incentivized, online survey which was completed by 1,177 sexual and gender minority adolescents who were currently enrolled in middle or high school (14 to 19-years-old).

The collection includes a README file, 1 STATA data file, (n=1,177; 520 variables) and 1 STATA syntax file.

Citation

Sterzing, Paul, and Edleson, Jeffrey L. SpeakOut: Polyvictimization Prevalence Rates for Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents - Online, 2015 [United States]. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-02-02. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36774.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice (2013-IJ-CX-0029)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

None

Restrictions

Access to these data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Restricted Data Use Agreement, specify the reason for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research.

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2015 (Spring)

Date of Collection

2015-04-28 -- 2015-06-30

Data Collection Notes

  1. These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.

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Study Purpose

The purpose of the study was to identify lifetime polyvictimization rates by gender identity and sexual orientation, for a national sample of sexual and gender minority adolescents.

Study Design

Participants were recruited through Facebook advertisements targeting 14 to 19-year-old adolescents with interests in sexual and gender minority topics and organizations and/or reported romantic interest in someone of the same gender or both genders.

The study employed an anonymous, English-only, online survey and all its procedures were approved by an Institutional Review Board at a major research university in California.

Sample

The study used a convenience sample. As the sexual orientation categories of queer and questioning often account for only 4 to 6% of SMA convenience samples (Sterzing et al., 2014), the study utilized sexual orientation-based quota sampling to ensure these less frequent identity categories had a minimum of 38 participants to allow for statistical comparisons: gay (30.7%, n = 361), lesbian (24.0%, n = 282), bisexual (18.4%, n = 216), pansexual (11.2%, n = 132), questioning (7.1%, n = 83), queer (4.1%, n = 48), and other (4.7%, n = 55). The racial and ethnic composition of the sample was: White (62.7%, n = 732), Black (8.3%, n = 97), Latino/a (10.3%, n = 117), multiracial (13.1%, n = 153), and other (9.5%, n = 112).

Time Method

Cross-sectional

Universe

Sexual and gender minority adolescents who were enrolled in middle or high school (14 to 19-years-old) in the spring of 2015.

Unit(s) of Observation

Individual

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Description of Variables

The data file contains 1,177 cases and 520 variables including demographic information such as age, sexual orientation, gender identity, assigned birth sex, and race/ethnicity about the respondent. Further variables relate to the prevalence of 38 different forms of victimization across five subscales: conventional crime, child maltreatment, peer and sibling victimization, sexual victimization, and indirect and witnessed victimization.

Response Rates

Not available

Presence of Common Scales

Abbreviated Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire - 2nd Revision (AJVQ; Finkelhor, Hamby, Turner, and Ormrod, 2011), Swearer Bullying Survey (SBS; Swearer and Doll, 2001), and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Short Depression Scale (CESD-10).

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Original Release Date

2018-02-02

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:

  • Sterzing, Paul, and Jeffrey L. Edleson. SpeakOut: Polyvictimization Prevalence Rates for Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents - Online, 2015 [United States]. ICPSR36774-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-02-02. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36774.v1

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Weight

No weights were used.

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Notes

  • These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

  • One or more files in this data collection have special restrictions. Restricted data files are not available for direct download from the website; click on the Restricted Data button to learn more.

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This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.