Table 2.
Transgender and Cisgender Population Demographics and Sexual Orientation (Identity, Behavior, Attraction), Weighted % (n = 1,436)
| Transgender (n = 274) | Cisgender (n = 1,162) | Test statistic | p-value | Age-adjusted | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age in years (SD) | 34.2 (14.8) | 48.5 (17.0) | -14.00 | < 0.001a | – | – |
| Age group in years | 18.26 | < 0.001 | – | – | ||
| 18–24 | 36.8 | 11.4 | ||||
| 25–29 | 12.2 | 7.4 | ||||
| 30–39 | 20.1 | 14.0 | ||||
| 40–49 | 12.6 | 17.7 | ||||
| 50 + | 18.4 | 49.5 | ||||
| Race/ ethnicity | 5.51 | < 0.001 | 1.73 | 0.141 | ||
| White | 56.5 | 72.3 | ||||
| Black | 9.5 | 11.1 | ||||
| Latinx | 15.7 | 9.2 | ||||
| Multiracial | 10.4 | 4.5 | ||||
| Other | 7.9 | 2.9 | ||||
| People of color | 12.97 | < 0.001 | 3.90 | 0.048 | ||
| Yes | 43.5 | 27.7 | ||||
| No, white | 56.5 | 72.3 | ||||
| Education | 3.79 | 0.010 | 2.87 | 0.035 | ||
| High school diploma or less | 44.0 | 31.9 | ||||
| Some college | 31.2 | 31.6 | ||||
| College graduate | 14.3 | 19.9 | ||||
| Post graduate work or degree | 10.5 | 16.6 | ||||
| Sexual identity | 25.39 | < 0.001b | 20.36 | < 0.001 | ||
| Straight/ heterosexual | 17.6 | 90.1 | ||||
| Lesbian | 8.4 | 1.2 | ||||
| Gay | 8.5 | 1.4 | ||||
| Bisexual | 18.9 | 4.3 | ||||
| Queer | 18.1 | 0.5 | ||||
| Same-gender loving | 4.0 | 1.0 | ||||
| Other | 7.1 | 0.3 | ||||
| Asexual spectrum | 5.4 | 0.6 | ||||
| Pansexual | 12.0 | 0.6 | ||||
| Sexual minority | 214.51 | < 0.001 | 163.59 | < 0.001 | ||
| Any sexual minority identity | 82.4 | 9.9 | ||||
| Heterosexual/ straight | 17.6 | 90.1 | ||||
| Sexual behavior in past 5 years | ||||||
| Did not have sex | 27.7 | 19.8 | 4.29 | 0.039 | 2.65 | 0.104 |
| Sexual partner gender in past 5 years | ||||||
| Cisgender women | 51.6 | 40.9 | 5.73 | 0.017 | 4.08 | 0.044 |
| Cisgender men | 42.7 | 39.2 | 0.65 | 0.421 | 0.08 | 0.777 |
| Transgender women | 16.9 | 0.8 | 25.15 | < 0.001 | 22.19 | < 0.001 |
| Transgender men | 19.5 | 1.3 | 27.72 | < 0.001 | 12.58 | 0.0004 |
| Sexual attraction (somewhat or very attracted) | ||||||
| Cisgender women | 73.6 | 52.0 | 21.48 | < 0.001 | 7.21 | 0.007 |
| Cisgender men | 58.3 | 46.6 | 6.76 | 0.009 | 4.11 | 0.043 |
| Transgender women | 56.8 | 5.5 | 135.50 | < 0.001 | 86.63 | < 0.001 |
| Transgender men | 52.4 | 4.8 | 114.19 | < 0.001 | 67.71 | < 0.001 |
| Females at birth, genderqueer/ nonbinary | 59.9 | 7.6 | 146.48 | < 0.001 | 92.96 | < 0.001 |
| Males at birth, genderqueer/ nonbinary | 51.9 | 5.4 | 127.60 | < 0.001 | 77.71 | < 0.001 |
a. T-test was conducted to assess statistical difference of means
b. Test statistic is unstable due to small sample size (n < 10) in categories that are greyed out
Trans man 30.9%, trans woman 30.8%, trans GNB 31.3%