Representative quantitative surveys assess the participants' gender in order to allow for
gender specific analyses of the research questions and to draw conclusions about the …

Sex/gender diversity is increasingly recognised by society and should be taken into account
more in population-representative studies, as they are important data sources for targeting …

In health research, there is a need for comprehensive survey instruments capable of
assessing the multidimensionality and variability of sex/gender. The research project …

Health reporting provides information on the health of the population and thus forms the
basis for adequate health promotion, prevention, and care. In order to better represent social …

Background: In environmental health research, sex and gender are not yet adequately
considered. There is a need to improve data collection in populationbased environmental …

Background Gender as a relational concept is rarely considered in epidemiology. However,
an in-depth reflection on gender conceptualisation and operationalisation can advance …

“Gender mainstreaming” is on everyone's lips. The Fourth World Conference on Women in
Beijing 1995 decided that gender mainstreaming should be a political strategy to achieve …

Based on the different health status of women and men the advantages of gender-sensitive
compared to gender-differentiated health reporting are pointed out. The main focus is on …

Methods With the support of the respective scientific societies, an online survey was
conducted of German epidemiologists, and the data subjected to descriptive analysis …

Despite recent advances in the measurement of sex, gender, and sexual orientation in large-
scale cohort studies, the three concepts are still gaining relatively little attention, may be …