Transgender health in Massachusetts: results from a household probability sample of adults.
cross_sectional · Level IV
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- Also identified by DOI 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300315 and PMC identifier 3490554.
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Health Status
- Transsexualism