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Studies

Piwetz et al. (2015): study US 2014

Publication

Author(s):
Piwetz, S.D.; Stewart, K.D.F.; Weisberg, Y.J.
Title:
Non-binary Living in a Binary World: The Unlabeled Experience
Source:
Presentation, Linfield College Student Symposium: A Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Achievement, 2015

Investigation

Public
Students, sexual minority, USA, 2014
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Non-probability snowball sample
Respondents
N = 915
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on 5 questions

A. In most ways my life is close to my ideal.
B. The conditions of my life are excellent.
C. I am satisfied with my life.
D. So far I have gotten the important things I want from life.
E. I am generally pleased with the life I lead.

Rated:
1: strongly disagree
2:  disagree
3:  slightly disagree
4:  neither agree nor disagree
5:  slightly agree
6:  agree
7:  strongly agree

Computation: (A+B+C+D+E)/5

Name: General Life subscale. First 5 items in  Extended Satisfaction With Life Scale ESWLS (Alfonso et al 1996
Classification:
M-CO-u-mq-v-7-c
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Remarks:
Mean value calculated by WDH team from gender identity subgroups, weighted by N.
Page in publication:
1
Error estimates:
Cronbach alpha 0.92
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.67 6.12
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Gender identity