Transgender Health in Massachusetts: Results From a Household Probability Sample of Adults

Despite higher rates of unemployment and poverty among transgender adults (n = 131; 0.5% weighted) than among nontransgender adults (n = 28,045) in our population-based Massachusetts household sample, few health differences were observed between transgender and nontransgender adults. Transgender adu...

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Published inAmerican journal of public health (1971) Vol. 102; no. 1; pp. 118 - 122
Main Authors CONRON, Kerith J, SCOTT, Gunner, STOWELL, Grace Sterling, LANDERS, Stewart J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Public Health Association 2012
Subjects
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Adolescent
AIDS
Biological and medical sciences
Family income
Female
Gender identity
General aspects
Health Status
Health Status Disparities
Health Surveys
HIV
Homeless people
Households
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Male
Massachusetts - epidemiology
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Polls & surveys
Poverty
Poverty - statistics & numerical data
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Research and Practice
Socioeconomic Factors
Studies
Surveillance
Transgender persons
Transsexualism - epidemiology
Transsexuality
Victimization
Young Adult
United States
North America
Massachusetts
America
Human
Statistical analysis
Transsexualism
Household
Probability
Adult
Public health
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Summary:Despite higher rates of unemployment and poverty among transgender adults (n = 131; 0.5% weighted) than among nontransgender adults (n = 28,045) in our population-based Massachusetts household sample, few health differences were observed between transgender and nontransgender adults. Transgender adults who are stably housed and participated in a telephone health survey may represent the healthiest segment of the transgender population. Our findings demonstrate a need for diverse sampling approaches to monitor transgender health, including adding transgender measures to population-based surveys, and further highlight economic inequities that warrant intervention.
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Peer Reviewed
K . J. Conron and S. J. Landers conceptualized the study. K . J. Conron analyzed the data and wrote the final draft of the article. All authors interpreted findings, contributed ideas, and participated in writing the article.
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ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/ajph.2011.300315