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Housing discrimination in California disproportionately affects historically marginalized communities

California Health Interview Survey data show notable differences by race and ethnicity, gender identity, disability status
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UCLA Center for Health Policy Research receives grant to support data equity work

The $800,000 grant will help the Data Equity Center provide assistance to projects across the country.
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‘Hate is not felt equally’: study reveals who is more likely to experience hate acts

California Health Interview Survey data show which groups of Californians are among the most targeted
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Report examines important considerations for a unified health care financing plan in California

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research studied the role of health plans, provider payments, and benefits, and how they could affect access, quality, and equity
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Press Releases
March 31, 2026

Housing discrimination in California disproportionately affects historically marginalized communities

California Health Interview Survey data show notable differences by race and ethnicity, gender identity, disability status

CHIS presenting at AAPOR 2025. May 14-16, 2025. St Louis Union Station Hotel
Press Releases
May 12, 2025

UCLA CHPR research will be presented at the 80th Annual AAPOR Conference

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and California Health Interview Survey staff will present four sessions at the annual American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) Conference

Qandaimage
Ask the Expert
October 31, 2017

"We must develop interventions that target the ways families and communities treat transgender children, youth and adults to reduce anti-transgender rejection and violence."

Jody Herman and ​Bianca D.M. Wilson, both at the Williams Institute, are co-authors of a policy brief about the newly released CHIS data on transgender adults in California.

The 2016 California Health Interview Survey provides insight into demographics and health of California’s transgender adults
Press Releases
October 31, 2017

The 2016 California Health Interview Survey provides insight into demographics and health of California’s transgender adults

Data also show another year of statewide health insurance gains, now at risk under potential federal funding changes The first release of transgender data from the California Health Interview Survey, the nation’s largest state survey, reveals the demographic characteristics of transgender adults in the state — such as population size, racial makeup and marital status — as well as sobering disparities in their health status.

Qandaimage
Ask the Expert
January 28, 2016

"CHIS methodology provides an exciting new opportunity to understand, really for the first time, the health challenges facing transgender Americans."

Gender identity can be a fluid definition, especially for those who do not conform to conventional notions of male or female. In a Jan. 26 Center seminar, Matt Jans, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) methodologist, discussed CHIS's cutting-edge research on sensitively asking gender identity questions so as to accurately represent transgender respondents.