Building Data Capacity to Inform SOGI Research

• In Event: Advancing Data Infrastructures to Support LGBTQ+ Students and Scholars

Abstract

Dr. Christopher will overview efforts made through the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to include sexual orientation and gender identity demographic items in their sample surveys of adults. In particular, she will overview the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS), the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study (BPS), the Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B), and the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) which together have collected sexual orientation and gender identity demographic data from over 100,000 postsecondary students, postsecondary degree recipients and young adults. These SOGI data are important sources for research to understand high school, postsecondary and labor market experiences for LGBTQ+ individuals.

Author

• Elise Christopher, National Center for Education Statistics