Transgender health in massachusetts: Results from a household probability sample of adults

K.J. Conron, G. Scott, G.S. Stowell and S.J. Landers

American Journal of Public Health, 2012, vol. 102, issue 1, 118-122

Abstract: Despite higher rates of unemployment and poverty among transgender adults (n=131; 0.5% weighted) than among nontransgender adults (n=28045) 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 transgendermeasures to population-based surveys, and further highlight economic inequities that warrant intervention.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300315

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