Wow. I still don't know why you're trying to create this set of questions (did you say, in a post I haven't read because I've been offline a lot, or have you not said?), but I like the thinking it's been making me do.
Here's my take on how easy it will be for people to give you bad data unintentionally.
1 what is your family ethnicity? ==> select all that apply from (OMG MASSIVE) list of ethnicities
GOOD, except it doesn't cover adoptions. What's wrong with removing 'family'?
2 what is your nationality? ==> select one (two?) from list of countries -------that would be citizenship, as in: the name of the country on your passport
GOOD, but allow up to three nationalities.
3 were you born & raised where you currently live? a) yes, always had the same nationality b) no, immigrated in childhood c) no, currently seeking new citizenship d) no, on temporary assignment (less than 2yrs) e) no, on longterm/open-ended assignment
GOOD.
3b if you were born & raised somewhere else... ==> select one from list of countries
GOOD
4 are you white? // are you/your family visually similar to 'american white'? [AWK!] a) yes, definitely white b) yes, somewhat similar c) not sure d) no, not really similar e) no, definitely not-white
is "do you look like a white american?" a question that makes sense to non-americans?
TO ME, YES. I WOULD BE SURPRISED TO FIND ANYONE ONLINE TO WHOM IT DIDN'T. It's an uncomfortable question, but if that's what you want to know, then that's the information I think you'd get from well-intentioned respondents.
5 do you regularly suffer institutionalized discrimination of any of the following types? check all that apply --> sex, gender, skin color, disability, size, age, sexuality, religion, ethnicity...
I think this final question does need work. Asking the more specific questions you're talking about in comments sounds like a good plan, because I don't know how to answer this one to give you the information you're after. I've suffered from institutionalised discrimination on a couple of fronts, but the only front I suffer from it on at the moment AFAIK is gender.
I'm a white, atheist, cisgendered, average-sized, not-very-healthy-but-not-seriously-disabled, bisexual, woman, and I've suffered from such privileged-person's problems as career damage from having a child, quietly losing a couple of friends and having disagreements with family when I came out, and so on. Living in New Zealand means my religious views are acceptable to most people I deal with, and when they're not, the other people don't generally feel able to say anything about it. I hear 'gay' used as a put-down, but I came out when I was at high-school and I felt safe doing most of the same things as I had before I came out.
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Date: 16 May 2010 09:05 am (UTC)Here's my take on how easy it will be for people to give you bad data unintentionally.
1 what is your family ethnicity? ==> select all that apply from (OMG MASSIVE) list of ethnicities
GOOD, except it doesn't cover adoptions. What's wrong with removing 'family'?
2 what is your nationality? ==> select one (two?) from list of countries
-------that would be citizenship, as in: the name of the country on your passport
GOOD, but allow up to three nationalities.
3 were you born & raised where you currently live?
a) yes, always had the same nationality
b) no, immigrated in childhood
c) no, currently seeking new citizenship
d) no, on temporary assignment (less than 2yrs)
e) no, on longterm/open-ended assignment
GOOD.
3b if you were born & raised somewhere else... ==> select one from list of countries
GOOD
4 are you white? // are you/your family visually similar to 'american white'? [AWK!]
a) yes, definitely white
b) yes, somewhat similar
c) not sure
d) no, not really similar
e) no, definitely not-white
is "do you look like a white american?" a question that makes sense to non-americans?
TO ME, YES. I WOULD BE SURPRISED TO FIND ANYONE ONLINE TO WHOM IT DIDN'T. It's an uncomfortable question, but if that's what you want to know, then that's the information I think you'd get from well-intentioned respondents.
5 do you regularly suffer institutionalized discrimination of any of the following types? check all that apply
--> sex, gender, skin color, disability, size, age, sexuality, religion, ethnicity...
I think this final question does need work. Asking the more specific questions you're talking about in comments sounds like a good plan, because I don't know how to answer this one to give you the information you're after. I've suffered from institutionalised discrimination on a couple of fronts, but the only front I suffer from it on at the moment AFAIK is gender.
I'm a white, atheist, cisgendered, average-sized, not-very-healthy-but-not-seriously-disabled, bisexual, woman, and I've suffered from such privileged-person's problems as career damage from having a child, quietly losing a couple of friends and having disagreements with family when I came out, and so on. Living in New Zealand means my religious views are acceptable to most people I deal with, and when they're not, the other people don't generally feel able to say anything about it. I hear 'gay' used as a put-down, but I came out when I was at high-school and I felt safe doing most of the same things as I had before I came out.