Download - SJS Creating Change Conference January 2012
Creating ChangeJanuary 27, 2012
Juan Battle, PhD – Jessie Daniels, PhD - Bishop Tonyia Rawls
CUNY-Graduate Center
GMHC /House of Latex Ball Supplemental Survey
< Our Purpose >
< document & celebrate >
< not pathologize >
< a jailhouse promise>
< sociopolitical mosaic >
< SJS Study >
< 5 Groups >
< 5 Topic Areas >
Research Methods
Piloted Multiple Times
Venue-based Sampling
• Phoenix Pride• Long Beach Pride• DC Black Pride• Portland Latino Pride• Orlando Black Pride/Gay Days• Austin Pride• New York Queens Pride• Boston SPYCE & Boston Pride• Central Alabama Pride (Birmingham)• Milwaukee Wisconsin Pride• Honolulu Pride• Denver Pride• New York Pride
Respondent-Driven
• Phoenix Pride• Long Beach Pride• DC Black Pride• Portland Latino Pride• Orlando Black Pride/Gay Days• Austin Pride• New York Queens Pride• Boston SPYCE & Boston Pride• Central Alabama Pride (Birmingham)• Milwaukee Wisconsin Pride• Honolulu Pride• Denver Pride• New York Pride
Snowball Sampling
• Columbia South Carolina Black Pride• New York Harlem Pride• Miami Beach Bruthaz Bash• Charlotte North Carolina Black Pride• Michigan's Womyn's Festival• Market Days• GMHC House of Latex Ball• Pueblo, CO Gay Pride• Twin Cities Black Pride & South Central MN
Pride• World Gay Rodeo Finals, Laughlin, NV
• Columbia South Carolina Black Pride• New York Harlem Pride• Miami Beach Bruthaz Bash• Charlotte North Carolina Black Pride• Michigan's Womyn's Festival• Market Days• GMHC House of Latex Ball• Pueblo, CO Gay Pride• Twin Cities Black Pride & South Central MN
Pride• World Gay Rodeo Finals, Laughlin, NV
Quota Sampling
Internet
all 50 states
Survey Reach
Survey Reach
and Puerto Rico
Our Partner Organizations
N=600+ N=397
<Supplement>
Multiple health concerns caused by homelessness
Demographics
Age 17-71, mean = 31
Demographics
Age17-71, mean = 31
Average Education Some college, no degree
Demographics
Age 17-71, mean = 31
Average EducationSome college, no degree
Average IncomeBetween $20,000-$30,000
Demographics
Gender
Male
Female
Gender Variant
58%30%
12%
Age 17-71, mean = 31
Average EducationSome college, no degree
Average IncomeBetween $20,000-$30,000
Black/Hispanic/Mixed Race
Other
Demographics
Gender
Male
Female
Gender Variant
58%30%
12%
Age 17-71, mean = 31
Average EducationSome college, no degree
Average IncomeBetween $20,000-$30,000
80%
20%
Race/Ethnicity
QG7: Current Living Situation?
GHMC Supplement
shelter
on streets
other
from place-to-place
with other family relatives
with significant other
with parents/guardian
with friends/roommate
alone in house/apartment
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
Yes No0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
GHMC Supplement
QG1
49% 51%
QG1: Ball Community?
Yes No0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
GHMC Supplement
QG1: Ball Community?
49% 51%
QG2: Mobile Phone?
Yes
No
QG2
87%
13%
* Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2010
<Civic Engagement>
Civic Engagement and LGBT Communities
Q2a
Non-discrimination/economic issues
Other
Equality/Acceptance (does not include family)
25%
9%
19%
Civic Engagement and LGBT Communities
Q2a Q2b
Mean score = 2.55
Non-discrimination/economic issues
Other
Equality/Acceptance (does not include family)
25%
19%
9%
Civic Engagement and LGBT Communities
Q3a
Discrimination
Other
HIV/AIDS/Sexual Health
21%
18%
17%
Civic Engagement and LGBT Communities
Q3a
Discrimination
Other
HIV/AIDS/Sexual Health
21%
18%
17%
Mean score = 2.51
Q3b
Civic Engagement and LGBT Communities
Q3a
Discrimination
Other
HIV/AIDS/Sexual Health
21%
18%
17%
Mean score = 2.51
Q3b
No difference between National sample and GMHC smaple
Q4d
(-) GMHC sample is less likely to see homophobia as a problem in their racial/ethnic community,
neighborhood or in all communities of color than the national sample.
Civic Engagement and LGBT Communities
[Q5 composite]
National sample: 4.24; GMHC sample: 3.99***
Civic Engagement and LGBT Communities
[Q6 composite]
National sample: 4.11; GMHC sample: 3.78***
(-) GMHC sample is less likely to feel connected
to local LGBT community than the national sample.
<Spirituality & Religion>
Spirituality and Religion
[Q11 composite]
National sample: 2.60; GMHC sample: 2.72*
(+) GMHC sample more likely to be spiritual than the national sample.
Spirituality and Religion
[Q12c scale & Q12d scale]
Q12c, Q12d: No difference between national and GMHC sample.
GMHC respondents and national respondents are equally influenced
by religious tradition and spiritual practice.
<Sexual, Racial/Ethnic Identity>
Sexual, Racial and Ethnic Identity
[Q13scale]
Q13scale: No difference between national and GMHC sample.
GMHC respondents were no different than national sample in the importance of their sexual
orientation.
Sexual, Racial and Ethnic Identity
[Q14 composite] :
National sample: 3.68; GMHC sample: 3.35***
(-) GMHC sample is less likely to be “out” to their various communities than the national
sample.
Sexual, Racial and Ethnic Identity
[Q15b scale]
National sample: 2.47; GMHC sample: 2.74**
(+) GMHC sample is more likely to feel uncomfortable in the LGBT community because of their race/ethnicity than the
national sample.
Sexual, Racial and Ethnic Identity
1. Q15a: GMHC respondents and national
respondents feel equally supported by family.
No difference between national and GMHC sample on:
Sexual, Racial and Ethnic Identity
1. Q15a: GMHC respondents and national respondents feel equally supported by
family.2. Q15c: There is no difference in comfort level of GMHC respondents
and national respondents in their racial and ethnic communities because of sexual identity.
No difference between national and GMHC sample on:
Sexual, Racial and Ethnic Identity
1. Q15a: GMHC respondents and national respondents feel equally supported by family.
2. Q15c: There is no difference in comfort level of GMHC respondents and national respondents in their racial and ethnic communities because of sexual identity.
3. Q15d: There is no difference in the ages of GMHC respondents and national respondents when they “came out” to themselves.
No difference between national and GMHC sample on:
Sexual, Racial and Ethnic Identity
1. Q15a: GMHC respondents and national respondents feel equally supported by family.
2. Q15c: There is no difference in comfort level of GMHC respondents and national respondents in their racial and ethnic communities because of sexual identity.
3. Q15d: There is no difference in the ages of GMHC respondents and national respondents when they “came out” to themselves.
4. Q16b: GMHC respondents and national respondents feel equally that their race/ethnicity is an important part of their identity.
No difference between national and GMHC sample on:
<Health & Health Care>
Health & Health Care
[Q25 scale]
National sample: 3.62; GMHC sample: 3.82***
(+) GMHC sample more likely to feel generally in better physical health than the national sample.
[Q24 composite]
National sample: 3.24; GMHC sample: 3.12***
Health & Health Care
(-) GMHC sample less likely to feel hopeful about the future, and less likely to report
feeling happy.
GMHC
National
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Not at allSome days
23c***
GMHC sample is more likely to smoke some days.
71%
65%
22%
14%
Health & Health Care
Q17aGMHC sample and national sample are equally likely to have health insurance.
Health & Health Care
Q17aGMHC sample and national sample are equally likely to have health insurance.
Health & Health Care
GMHC
National
Q17b*
77%
82%
GMHC sample also more likely to have health care provider than the national sample.
<Implications for LGBT Progamming>
<Performer vs. Participant>
<Programming around Spirituality>
<Money & Financial Programming>
<LGBT youth of color grow up ‘policed’>
<Mobile Technology Matters>
Shift awareness from HIV “community”
…to HIV “communities,”
…racial/ethnic, gender, and age-specific “communities”
that celebrate our mosaic
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