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Generations: A Study of the Life and Health of LGB People in a Changing Society
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Sample details

Generations is designed to investigate identity stress, health outcomes, healthcare, and health service utilisation across three generations of lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) adults in the United States of America. Adults were recruited from all fifty states through an existing survey. Eligible adults were educated to at least a sixth grade level, self-identified as Black, Latinx, or White, and self-identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, or same-gender loving. Only cis-gender and gender queer participants were included in the study. Transgender participants were recruited into a separate sister study. Participants were sorted into three generational cohorts. Cohort 1 consisted of adults aged between 18 and 25 years, cohort 2 with adults aged between 34 and 41 years, and cohort 3 included adults aged between 52 and 59 years. At baseline, all three cohorts amounted to 1,518 participants.

Study design
Cohort - accelerated, Cohort

Number of participants at first data collection

670 (cohort 1)

372 (cohort 2)

476 (cohort 3)

Age at first data collection

18 - 25 years (cohort 1)

34 - 41 years (cohort 2)

52 - 59 years (cohort 3)

Participant year of birth

Varied (cohort 1)

Varied (cohort 2)

Varied (cohort 3)

Participant sex
All

Representative sample at baseline?
No

Sample features

Adults
Ethnically diverse populations
LGBTQIA+ populations
Dataset details

Country

United States of America

Year of first data collection

2015

Primary Institutions

Columbia University

University College London (UCL)

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz)

Links

generations-study.com/

icpsr.umich.edu/web/DSDR/studies/37166

youtube.com/watch

Funders

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)

NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ongoing?
No

Data types collected

mentalHealthData
qualitativeData
Quantitative data collection
  • Self-report questionnaire – online
  • Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
Qualitative data collection
  • Interviews or focus groups
Neuroimaging data collection
  • None
Linked or secondary data
  • None
Features

Engagement

  • Community engagement
  • Keywords

    Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
    Community
    Discrimination
    Healthcare access and use
    Mental health
    Sexuality and gender identity
    Social networks and relationships
    Social support
    Stigma
    Substance use
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