Study European Union FRA (2020): study AT 2019

Public

18+ aged lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people, Austria, 2019

Survey name

EU-LGBTI 2019

Sample

Respondents

N = 2315

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Openness about being LGBTI

Our Classification

Distribution

N = 0: 571, 1: 459, 2: 600, 3: 673
L 0: 25, 1: 54, 2: 104, 3: 182
G 0: 98, 1: 162, 2: 239, 3: 297
B-F 0:127, 1:136, 2:125, 3:61
B-M 0:215, 1:45*, 2:41*, 3:56
T 0:88, 1:51, 2:81, 3:68
*: few observations (20 -: left out because N < 20

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Openness about being LGBTI:
0 Never open
1 Rarely open
2 Fairly open
3 Very open

LGBTI groups:
L Lesbian women
G Gay men
B-F Bisexual women
B-M Bisexual men
T Transgender
I Intersex

Openness about being LGBTI was assessed with the following question:
To how many people among the following groups are you open about being LGBTI?
A Family members
B Friends
C Neighbours
D Work colleagues
E Schoolmates / university co-students
F Immediate superior / head of department
G Customers, clients, etc. at work
H Medical staff / healthcare providers

For every group, respondents could choose between the following answers:
1 None
2 A few
3 Most
4 All
- Does not apply to me

Respondents were categorized in the four openness levels based on their answers.

Observed Relation with Happiness