Sesgos de género en el lenguaje de los cuestionarios de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud 2003

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Ruiz-Cantero, Maria Tereza Simón-Rodríguez, Elena Papí-Gálvez, Natalia
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	To identify possible gender bias in the language of the adults' and children's questionnaires of the Spanish National Health Survey, 2003, its style and language was analyzed for inac- curate generalizations, inequalities due to the use of terms that reflect social stereotypes and hide unequal social roles, and grammatical gender disagreement. Both questionnaires show language bias, mainly lexical, as they use masculine singu- lar nouns to refer to all individuals (for example, carer, employer, worker, doctor, interviewer, interviewee). Gender stereotypes are reinforced by the use of the term «carer», referring to women, and by examples of jobs traditionally done by men. Equally, specific sex denomination for relatives in the same category such as brother/sister is lacking, despite the distinct social roles played by women and men. In conclusion, women are less visible than men in the Spanish National He- alth Survey, 2003. This study could contribute to the identifi- cation and elimination of gender bias in the language of other questionnaires.
Starting Page	161
Ending Page	165
Page Count	5
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DOI	10.1157/13087330
Volume Number	20
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/8356/3/sesgos_genero_encuesta_nacional_salud.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1157/13087330
Language	English
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