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Measuring age and sex or gender does not seem to merit any extensive discussion. The concepts seem clear and the culture-specific variance of their content seems to be narrow. Nonetheless, some reflections and basic recommendations could be helpful.
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Wolf, C., Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, J.H.P. (2003). How to Measure Sex/Gender and Age. In: Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, J.H.P., Wolf, C. (eds) Advances in Cross-National Comparison. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9186-7_13
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