National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants (NSOAAP)

Years Survey Included Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM)-related Questions

2014-2016

Survey Description

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) oversees Administration on Aging (AoA) programs and conducts the National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants (NSOAAP). This is a national sample survey of programs on aging funded by Title III of the Older Americans Act (OAA). The purpose of Title III of the OAA is to encourage and assist state and local agencies in the development of comprehensive and coordinated in-home and community based long-term services (e.g., congregate and home-delivered meals, transportation, and case management) for older adults (age 60 and older). The main objective of the NSOAAP survey is to provide ACL/AoA with a method for collecting data on the effectiveness of the Title III programs. The results of this study help ACL/AoA meet its accountability requirements to the President. The results also demonstrate to Congress how well programs are achieving their legislative goals.

SGM-related questions can be found under the ‘Demographic Intake Module” section, pages 100-101, in all survey instruments.

Survey Sample Population

The sample population of the NSOAAP is Title III service participants and their caregivers. Respondent participants are aged 60 and older. Respondents answering questions under the Caregiver module are adults age 18 and over.

312 Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) are randomly selected to participate in this study. A small sample of clients from each participating AAA are randomly selected to complete a telephone survey about services they received during the past year. The services being evaluated include: Case Management, Congregate Meals, Family Caregiver Support, Home-Delivered Meals, Homemaker, and Transportation.

Survey Mode

These surveys are conducted annually through computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI). All responses are confidential and anonymous.

SGM-Related Survey Questions

Sexual Identity

(ACISIM/F)

Which of the following best represents how you think of yourself?

[If R is female then Lesbian or] Gay

Straight, that is, not [If R is female then Lesbian or] Gay

Bisexual

Something else

Refused

Don’t Know

If R answers “Something else” to ACISM/F: (ACISMELS/FELS)

What do you mean by something else?

You are not straight, but identify with another label such as queer, trisexual, omnisexual or pansexual

You are transgender, transsexual or gender variant

You have not figured out or are in the process of figuring out your sexuality

You do not think of yourself as having sexuality

You do not use labels to identify yourself

You mean something else

Refused

Don’t Know

If R answers “Don’t know” to ACISMELS/FELS: (ACISIMDK/FDK)

What do you mean by don’t know?

You don’t understand the words

You understand the words, but you have not figured out or are in the process of figuring out your sexuality

You mean something else

Refused

Don’t know

If R answers “Don’t know” to ACISMELS/FELS: (ACISIMDK/FDK)

What do you mean by something else?

Open ended

Question History: This is the only version of the question that has been used.

Sexual Attraction

There are currently no questions asked in this category.

Sexual Behavior

There are currently no questions asked in this category.

Gender Identity

There are currently no questions asked in this category.

Household Relationships

There are currently no questions asked in this category.

Response Rates

There are no response rates currently available.

Survey Links

Questionnaires

To access the questionnaires, click on the topic of interest, under documentation is a link for the survey instrument. Use this link to access the topics: https://acl.gov/aging-and-disability-in-america/data-and-research

Data

To access the data, click on the topic of interest, links to data are listed under data files. Use this link to access the topics: https://acl.gov/aging-and-disability-in-america/data-and-research

References

Administration for Community Living. National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants. https://aoasurvey.org/Public/PriorResults.aspx

Administration for Community Living. National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants. https://aoasurvey.org/

Administration for Community Living. Frequently Asked Questions About the National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants. https://aoasurvey.org/Public/FAQs.aspx

National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants (NSOAAP)

National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants (NSOAAP)

Years Survey Included Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM)-related Questions

Survey Description

Survey Sample Population

Survey Mode

SGM-Related Survey Questions

Sexual Identity

Which of the following best represents how you think of yourself?

What do you mean by something else?

What do you mean by don’t know?

What do you mean by something else?

Sexual Attraction

Sexual Behavior

Gender Identity

Household Relationships

Response Rates

Survey Links

Questionnaires

Data

References

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