This dataset is the source of the incredibly limited population-level data we have on trans youth. I’ve used it, and studies based on it, in reporting and research dozens of times. It contains extensive data on other public health topics. This hampers public accountability reporting. - ThreadSky

petrinkae.bsky.social • 23 days ago

This dataset is the source of the incredibly limited population-level data we have on trans youth.

I’ve used it, and studies based on it, in reporting and research dozens of times.

It contains extensive data on other public health topics.

This hampers public accountability reporting.

Reposted from Joel Mittleman

The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey has monitored the wellbeing of America’s high school students since 1991.

Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens.

As of this morning, it’s gone.

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red2007.bsky.social•23 days ago

It's been backed up on the payback, including the dataset downloads. Not that that makes it okay...obviously. But it's some relief.

red2007.bsky.social•23 days ago

*wayback ffs my autocorrect.
https://web.archive.org/web/20241201000000*/https://www.cdc.gov/yrbs/index.html

jdstarflower.bsky.social•23 days ago

“This hampers public accountability reporting.”

Pretty sure that’s the intent.

petrinkae.bsky.social•23 days ago

Thanks for your insightful comment!

jdstarflower.bsky.social•23 days ago

Hey, I keep seeing people acting surprised by this happening, so it seems necessary to call it out these days.

petrinkae.bsky.social•23 days ago

This website tends to comment things like "pretty sure that's the intent" on posts that are made to inform people.

I would encourage everyone who participates in this to redirect that energy towards organizing, fact-checking, etc instead of hassling the people who are doing that work.

petrinkae.bsky.social•23 days ago

A quote-tweet is a good way to start a conversation. A response just goes directly to the original poster (who is, in this case, well aware of the intent and engaged in encouraging various organizations who do work in this area to say something about it).

petrinkae.bsky.social•23 days ago

Adjacent pages are also down, and the database itself is listed as unavailable.

petrinkae.bsky.social•23 days ago

Investigative journalists, any journalist covering public policy — anyone who uses federal data for their reporting — should be concerned about the implication this has for government accountability journalism on health, the environment, and anything else restricted under incoming orders.

jkv1979.bsky.social•23 days ago

I saw elsewhere that over 2000 datasets have been removed from data dot gov since the inauguration. Archivists are working to determine if they were still available on other agency sites and to save as many as possible.

petrinkae.bsky.social•23 days ago

Journalists are organizing some tracking of data that they've been able to preserve. h/t @maggiek.bsky.social

https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLScdi6gcBKKqoK3iV4uHsGFnaSlgT2vAfHaCr_6SdNZJkYWRhQ/viewform?usp=dialog

jjlee.bsky.social•23 days ago

as of 36 minutes ago, a redditor said they had downloaded all CDC data and are uploading it to the Internet Archive https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1iekney/cdc_site_about_to_go_offline_indefinitely/ma8qj17/

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