nonprobability quota
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project inaugural National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health (2019) · Feb 2, 2018 – Sep 30, 2018 · US national
Methodology
- Pollster
- The Trevor Project advocacy_left
- Sponsor
- The Trevor Project
- Fielded
- Feb 2, 2018 – Sep 30, 2018
- Population
- LGBTQ young people ages 13-24 - nonprobability social-media-recruited sample, NOT a poll of the general public
- Sample size
- 25,896
- Sample frame
- nonprobability quota
- Mode
- online self-administered questionnaire (maximum 110 questions), quantitative cross-sectional design; depressed-mood and suicidality items taken from the CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey
- Margin of error
- not applicable - nonprobability sample
- Weighting
- not weighted; targeted recruitment by geography, gender identity and race/ethnicity. No recruitment via The Trevor Project website or TrevorSpace.
- Geography
- US national
- Base notes
- 34,808 youth consented; 475 lived outside the U.S., 294 were cisgender and straight, 8,091 failed a completion/speed filter and 52 were removed as mischievous responders, leaving a final analytic sample of 25,896. The Trevor Project describes the sample as inclusive of youth of more than 100 sexual orientations and more than 100 gender identities from all 50 states.
Sources
Verification note. NONPROBABILITY COMMUNITY SAMPLE. Note the field dates: The Trevor Project labels this the '2019' survey but it was fielded February-September 2018. Methodology and percentages read from the report PDF.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (3)
being discouraged from using a bathroom corresponding to gender identity
58% of transgender and non-binary youth reported being discouraged from using a bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity
Wording reconstructed from: The Trevor Project 2019 National Survey PDF, introduction bullet list. Report restatement; the literal item was not printed.
Wording notes: 'discouraged' is a broad term covering everything from informal pressure to formal prohibition
unclear — The literal item is unavailable and 'discouraged' is doing a lot of work; the figure cannot be compared to items about being formally denied restroom access.
Subgroup figures (1)
self-reported impact of the recent political climate on mental health or sense of self
76% of LGBTQ youth felt that the recent political climate impacted their mental health or sense of self
Wording reconstructed from: The Trevor Project 2019 National Survey PDF, introduction bullet list and p.2. Report restatement.
Recent politics impacted their mental health or sense of self
76%
unclear — The published restatement does not say whether the impact asked about was specified as negative; later waves ask explicitly about negative impact.
past-year suicide consideration and attempts by gender identity
39% of LGBTQ respondents seriously considered attempting suicide in the past twelve months. More than half of transgender and non-binary youth have seriously considered suicide. 29% of transgender and non-binary youth respondents have attempted suicide.
Wording reconstructed from: The Trevor Project 2019 National Survey PDF, p.2. Report narrative; the underlying items are the CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey suicide questions.
Experienced discrimination due to sexual orientation or gender identity
71%
Seriously considered attempting suicide in the past 12 months
39%
Attempted suicide in the past 12 months
18%
Wording notes: items are standard YRBS instruments, chosen so the nonprobability LGBTQ sample can be compared with a nationally representative benchmark
neutral — Validated public-health instruments.
Subgroup figures (1)