Table 3.
Items included in Lifelines, based on the two-item approach combining sex assigned at birth and current gender identity, with quantification of missing data
| Municipally registered female participants (N = 31,058) |
Municipally registered male participants (N = 21,588) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Missing, N (%) | Missing, N (%) | |
| Most people are born as either a man or a woman and they feel comfortable in a male or female body, respectively. However, this is not the case for everyone. Some people consider themselves a man, but were born in a female body or vice versa. Some people consider themselves neither a man nor a woman. Could you indicate which statement fits your experience best?a | ||
| Could you indicate which statement fits your experience best? | 104 (0.3%) | 56 (0.3%) |
| My sex assigned at birth was female and I currently consider myself a woman | ||
| My sex assigned at birth was male and I currently consider myself a man | ||
| My sex assigned at birth was female and I currently consider myself a man | ||
| My sex assigned at birth was male and I currently consider myself a woman | ||
| Different, namely | ||
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Some people, both men and women, consider themselves masculine, for example because they have characteristics or hobbies that most people consider masculine. On the other hand, both men and women may consider themselves feminine, because they have characteristics or hobbies that most consider feminine. Some people consider themselves neither masculine nor feminine Could you indicate, on a scale ranging from 1 to 10 in which 1 equals strongly disagree and 10 equals strongly agree, to what extent you consider yourself feminine or masculine? Please complete both questions | ||
| I consider myself feminine | 110 (0.4%) | 272 (1.3%) |
| (1) Strongly disagree < < < < < < < < < < > > > > > > > > > > (10) | ||
| Strongly agree | ||
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I consider myself masculine (1) Strongly disagree < < < < < < < < < < > > > > > > > > > > (10) |
338 (1.1%) | 95 (0.4%) |
| Strongly agree | ||
aPotentially, the item could be expanded with additional answer options in which a non-binary gender identity is included