Lamontagne, Erik http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6394-0070
Leroy, Vincent http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5372-4334
Yakusik, Anna http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7105-9120
Parker, Warren http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0765-3613
Howell, Sean http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9703-8950
Ventelou, Bruno http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0774-1525
Funding for this research was provided by:
Agence Nationale de Recherches sur le Sida et les Hépatites Virales (Grant 22203 PhD fellowship)
Article History
Received: 31 August 2022
Accepted: 14 December 2023
First Online: 18 January 2024
Declarations
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: All study methods were carried out following the guidelines and principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER). The Global LGBT Happiness Study research protocol was approved by the Research Board of Ethics of Aix-Marseille University (No. 2019–14-03–004) and by the Research Ethics Review Committee of the World Health Organization (No. ERC.0003175).Written informed consent was obtained for all study participants prior to accessing the survey. Participants below 18 years old or who did not provide a numerical value for their age were not included in the study. Participation in the survey was voluntary, and no monetary incentive was given to complete the questionnaire. Participants could interrupt the survey at any moment with an exit button on every questionnaire page, and data were immediately and permanently deleted. Participants could skip questions they did not feel comfortable with or did not want to answer. No trackers, identifiers or geolocation data were collected from respondents.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.