A research group led by Professor Masakazu Yamauchi of the Waseda University Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences will start on February 2023, 2, targeting 1 randomly selected people aged 18 to 69 throughout the country on "Family, Sex and Diversity." Conduct a nationwide survey on sexuality.
Issues faced by sexual minorities, including lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders, and asexuals (LGBTA), in Japanese society are being clarified through quantitative surveys and interviews of sexual minorities. be.However, there are only a limited number of research studies that can estimate the percentage of sexual minorities in Japan and compare the actual conditions and awareness of sexual minorities and non-sexual minorities.
Therefore, from January to February 2019, the research team led by Professor Yamauchi conducted a survey of respondents randomly selected from the Basic Resident Register in Osaka City, and investigated the distribution of sexual orientation and gender identity among Osaka citizens. showed that.As a result, it became clear that 1% of the respondents belonged to one of the LGBTA groups.A statistical comparison of the mental health status of sexual minorities and non-sexual minorities found that transgender, gay, lesbian, and bisexual people were more likely than heterosexual and cisgender people to It was found that there was a high possibility of feeling severe psychological distress, and the rate of suicide attempts/suicide attempts was high.
However, since the 2019 survey was a survey of Osaka citizens, we still do not know about Japan as a whole. I decided to examine the relationship between various sexual orientations and gender identities, dating and marriage experiences with people of the opposite sex and the same sex, and people's lifestyles and awareness.
Quantitative data obtained from random sampling obtained from this survey was used to identify people's various "sexual orientations*1," "gender identity*2," "homosexual/same-sex dating and marriage experiences," etc. We will clarify how they are related to physical and mental health, economic conditions, experiences and desires to move residences, experiences and desires to have children, and relationships with parents.In conducting the survey, an application for review was submitted to the ethics review committee of the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, and it was approved that there were no problems with research ethics. (Approval number IPSS-IBRA#22002)
As for the ripple effects and societal impact of the research, the research team says they can paint a picture of diverse gender and family situations in Japan today.In addition, in order to investigate demographic matters such as experiences and wishes for marriage and relationships, experiences and wishes for having children, experiences and wishes for moving residences, etc., sexual orientation and wishes in areas that have not received attention so far. It can also provide data on differences and disparities that can lead to policies around gender identity.
*1 Sexual orientation refers to which gender a person is sexually attracted to.
*2 Gender identity refers to gender identity (whether a person has a persistent self-identification of themselves as female, male, X-gender, non-binary, etc.) and the gender assigned at birth. The relationship between sex (sex at birth).
