A two-question method for assessing gender categories in the social and medical sciences

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 767-776

  Tate, Charlotte Chuck ^a   Ledbetter, Jay N ^a   Youssef, Cris P ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STUDENT; TRANSSEXUALITY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84886711962     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2012.690110     Document Type: Article

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