READ ME File For 'Final Survey Data for 'Exploring the factors that influence speakers’ adoption or rejection of gender inclusive pronouns''

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D3255

ReadMe Author: Martha Rose Mayfield, University of Southampton

This dataset supports the thesis entitled 'Exploring the factors that influence speakers’ adoption or rejection of gender inclusive pronouns'
AWARDED BY: Univeristy of Southampton
DATE OF AWARD: 2024

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA

This dataset contains a single excel spreadsheet with survey response data from 211 respondents. 

Data were collected via an anonymous survey and analysed using binary logistic regression. Participants were prompted to answer 
several scale questions to explore possible predictor variables. Participants were also asked to complete a production task that 
prompted pronoun usage, without alerting them to this aim.

Participants were recruited via three channels. Recruitment began with the study advert initially being posted on the official 
University of Southampton’s Educational Psychology X account, in October 2023. The advert was retweeted on several occasions, due to 
low recruitment numbers. To try and capture a more representative sample, reflective of the desired population sample age range (16+), 
the advert was also sent, with an accompanying email to all UK further education colleges to facilitate snowball sampling 
in November 2023. As participant numbers and the quality of responses remained low (many were incomplete), a paid participant pool 
(Prolific) was used (January 2024). One hundred and ninety participants were recruited this way, with the request that the sample 
have a 50% male/female split, to keep the sample as representative as possible.

As an indication of sample size (N>50+8m), with nine predictor variables: age, self-identified gender*, gender essentialism, prejudice 
(as measured by the ATTIS), religious fundamentalism, need for closure, discomfort with violations of gender heteronormativity, gender 
identity strength and political ideology, the sample size needed would be n=122. The final sample (n=211) was well above the target 
sample size deemed necessary to sufficiently power the study. Participants ranged from 16-77 years old (M=36.76). Within the sample 
the majority identified as female (n=128), some identified as male (n=78), several as nonbinary (n=3) and only two participants preferred 
not to say (n=2). Ethnicity data are highlighted in a table in the accompanying thesis (Appendix E).

Ethical approval for this study was granted by The University of Southampton Ethics Committee.



Date of data collection: October 2023 - February 2024

Information about geographic location of data collection: UK


Date that the file was created: September 2024