Table 3.

Agreement with transphobic viewpoints for non-healthcare professionals (Non-HCP), non-nursing healthcare professionals (HCP-Non-Nurses) and nursing healthcare professionals (HCP-Nurses).

“I believe the male/female dichotomy is natural”
	Average	N	95 % C.I.	Cohen's d (p-value)
Non-HCP	3.71	58,908	[3.69, 3.73]	−0.026 (0.018)
HCP-Non-nurses	3.76	7407	[3.72, 3.81]		−0.119 (<0.001)
HCP-Nurses	3.99	3964	[3.93, 4.05]
“I believe a person can never change their gender”
	Average	N	95 % C.I.	Cohen's d (p-value)
Non-HCP	2.32	59,478	[2.30, 2.33]	<-0.001 (0.491)
HCP-Non-nurses	2.32	7443	[2.27, 2.36]		−0.195 (<0.001)
HCP-Nurses	2.69	4016	[2.63, 2.76]
“I think there is something wrong with a person who says they are neither a man nor a woman”
	Average	N	95 % C.I.	Cohen's d (p-value)
Non-HCP	2.56	59,448	[2.55, 2.58]	−0.020 (0.048)
HCP-Non-nurses	2.60	7440	[2.56, 2.65]		−0.213 (<0.001)
HCP-Nurses	3.01	4006	[2.95, 3.07]
“A person's genitalia defines what gender they are, e.g., a penis defines a person as a man, a vagina defines a person as a woman”
	Average	N	95 % C.I.	Cohen's d (p-value)
Non-HCP	2.97	59,473	[2.95, 2.99]	−0.006 (0.322)
HCP-Non-nurses	2.96	7446	[2.91, 3.01]		−0.204 (<0.001)
HCP-Nurses	3.41	4016	[3.39, 3.48]