Social Security Experience Panels - panel members: full report - 2020 update
This report provides demographic information about the Social Security Experience Panels. It also summarises feedback from panel members about their experiences of being a member of the panels and how this could be improved.
Sexual orientation and gender identity
New panel members
We asked new panel members about their sexual orientation and gender identity. 319 people responded in this question.[16]
85 per cent of respondents identified as ‘heterosexual or straight.’ 9 per cent identified as ‘gay, lesbian’ or ‘bisexual’ and 2 per cent identified in another way. One per cent did not answer the question. 4 per cent preferred not to say.
| Number of respondents | % respondents | |
|---|---|---|
| Heterosexual/ straight | 271 | 85% |
| Bisexual | 15 | 5% |
| Gay/ lesbian | 13 | 4% |
| Identify in another way | .<10 | 2% |
| Prefer not to say | 12 | 4% |
97 per cent of respondents said that they do not identify as transgender. Less than 10 said that they do, and 2 per cent said that they would prefer not to say.
All panel members
Across a number of different ‘About You’ surveys we have asked Experience Panel members about about their sexual orientation and gender identity.[17] Responses from 930 panel members are available to be presented in Table 8.
85 per cent of respondents identified as heterosexual or straight. 9 per cent identified as lesbian, gay or bisexual and two per cent identified in another way. 4 per cent preferred not to say.
| Number of respondents | % respondents | |
|---|---|---|
| Heterosexual/ straight | 794 | 85% |
| Gay/ lesbian | 42 | 5% |
| Bisexual | 40 | 4% |
| Identify in another way | 19 | 2% |
| Prefer not to say | 36 | 4% |
97 per cent of respondents said that they do not identify as transgender. 1 per cent said that they do, and 2 per cent said that they would prefer not to say.
Compared to available responses from the 2018 findings, panel membership by sexual orientation and gender identity has stayed proportionately similar.
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