Do News Media Convey Generality Constraints of Research Findings? a Content Analysis of Demographics Reported for Participants in Research on Wellbeing.

Research publications often underreport participant demographics. However, no research has investigated how news articles about research describe participant demographics. We analyzed 460 news articles about wellbeing research and found that 57% of articles described age, 39% described gender, 23% described socioeconomic status, 5% described race/ethnicity, and 1% described sexual orientation.