Measuring Sex, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation

by Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, et al.

Sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation are key indicators of the demographic diversity in the United States. Sex and gender are often conflated under the assumptions that they are mutually determined and do not differ from each other; however, the growing visibility of transgender and intersex populations, as well as efforts to improve the measurement of sex and gender across many scientific fields, has demonstrated the need to reconsider...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309275105
• ISBN13: 9780309275101
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.9"