Advancing adolescent health research necessitates deliberate design and analysis that accurately captures the rapidly evolving world in which adolescents live and the ways in which they understand and express themselves and their experiences. In this Perspective, we reflect on how researchers might approach existing, imperfect data in a way that is accurate and inclusive of trans and gender diverse (TGD) adolescents. Drawing on our experience of running a large school-based survey of health and well-being (the OxWell Student Survey) and extensive coproduction with three TGD adolescents ('youth advisors'), we present considerations for critically appraising, processing and analysing quantitative gender data to better reflect adolescents' lived experiences. Specific topics discussed include how to assess the strengths and limitations of existing gender data; how to generate meaningful research data from free-text gender descriptions (and the implications of not doing so); and how to analyse data from TGD adolescents, including for those who choose not to disclose their gender. We conclude with a set of 10 recommendations, coproduced with the three youth advisors, for those working with 'imperfect' gender data.

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青少年健康研究中的跨性别和性别多元身份：充分利用不完美的数据。


推进青少年健康研究需要经过深思熟虑的设计和分析，以准确捕捉青少年生活的快速发展的世界以及他们理解和表达自己和经历的方式。在这个视角中，我们反思了研究人员如何以准确且包容跨性别和性别多元化 （TGD） 青少年的方式处理现有的、不完美的数据。借鉴我们开展大型学校健康和福祉调查（OxWell 学生调查）以及与三名 TGD 青少年（“青年顾问”）的广泛合作的经验，我们提出了批判性评估、处理和分析定量性别数据的考虑因素，以更好地反映青少年的生活经历。讨论的具体主题包括：如何评估现有性别数据的优势和局限性;如何从自由文本的性别描述中生成有意义的研究数据（以及不这样做的影响）;以及如何分析来自 TGD 青少年的数据，包括那些选择不透露性别的人的数据。最后，我们与三位青年顾问共同提出了 10 条建议，供那些处理“不完美”性别数据的人使用。