mixed-mode probabilitysurvey of transgender people, not of the public
NORC (AmeriSpeak)
CAP/NORC LGBTQ Community Survey, 2020 · Jun 9–30, 2020 · US national
Not a public-opinion poll. This surveys transgender people about their own lives, mostly
through nonprobability community samples. It describes a population and is not comparable with polls of the general public.
Methodology
- Pollster
- NORC (AmeriSpeak) academic
- Sponsor
- Center for American Progress
- Commissioned by
- Center for American Progress
- Fielded
- Jun 9–30, 2020
- Population
- LGBTQ adults
- Sample size
- 1,528
- Sample frame
- mixed-mode probability
- Panel
- NORC AmeriSpeak (supplemented with Dynata nonprobability panel)
- Mode
- online - NORC AmeriSpeak probability panel supplemented with Dynata nonprobability respondents
- Margin of error
- not disclosed
- Weighting
- TrueNorth calibration used to adjust the weights for the nonprobability sample so that its weighted distributions match the population distribution for characteristics correlated with the survey variables
- Geography
- US national
- Base notes
- Transgender respondents are reported as a subgroup; CAP does not publish the transgender n in the public write-ups located here.
Sources
Verification note. Percentages retrieved from CAP's published report. CAP does not release a topline or questionnaire publicly, so most item wordings below are CAP's narrative descriptions rather than the fielded question text - flagged item by item.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (4)
experiencing any discrimination in the past year
[Reported by CAP as: whether the respondent experienced discrimination in the past year because of their sexual orientation or gender identity]
Wording reconstructed from: CAP report narrative; the fielded questionnaire is not published. CAP reports the result as '62 percent of transgender respondents faced discrimination in the past year.'
Wording notes: question wording not published
unclear — the fielded wording is not published, so wording effects cannot be assessed; this is a self-report of experienced discrimination by an advocacy-commissioned survey
Subgroup figures (2)
mistreatment by health care providers
[Reported by CAP as: whether, in the past year, a doctor or other health care provider did any of the following]
Wording reconstructed from: CAP report narrative; questionnaire not published
Wording notes: question wording not published | checklist of negative experiences with no positive counterparts
unclear — wording not published; a one-sided negative-experience checklist, which is standard in community-needs research but sets a ceiling on how the results can be read
Subgroup figures (10)
postponing care because of cost or anticipated discrimination
[Reported by CAP as: whether the respondent postponed or avoided needed medical care, and separately preventive screenings, because of cost, and because of disrespect or discrimination from providers]
Wording reconstructed from: CAP report narrative; questionnaire not published
Wording notes: question wording not published
unclear — wording not published
Subgroup figures (4)
domains in which discrimination had a moderate or significant negative impact
[Reported by CAP as: among those who experienced discrimination, whether it had a moderate or significant negative effect on each of several domains of life]
Wording reconstructed from: CAP report narrative; questionnaire not published
Wording notes: asked only of those who reported discrimination | impact scale offers no positive direction
unclear — wording not published; the base is conditional on reporting discrimination, so these are not population rates
Subgroup figures (9)