Table 2.
Participant characteristics and HIV/STI-protected sex decision-making by frequent discrimination based on gender identity among participants of the TASG study, Germany 2022
| Frequent discrimination based on gender identity | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No (N = 1,782) | Yes (N = 505) | p-value | |
| n (%)a | n (%)a | ||
| Gender identity | < 0.001b | ||
| Female spectrum | 418 (84.1) | 79 (15.9) | |
| Male spectrum | 486 (88.8) | 61 (11.2) | |
| Non-binary female spectrum | 183 (70.7) | 76 (29.3) | |
| Non-binary male spectrum | 245 (78.0) | 69 (22.0) | |
| Non-binary | 407 (68.2) | 190 (31.8) | |
| Other | 43 (58.9) | 30 (41.1) | |
| Age group | 0.45c | ||
| 18–29 years | 1096 (78.5) | 301 (21.5) | |
| 30–39 years | 435 (75.3) | 143 (24.7) | |
| 40–49 years | 160 (80.4) | 39 (19.6) | |
| 50–59 years | 79 (79.8) | 20 (20.2) | |
| 60 years or older | 12 (85.7) | 2 (14.3) | |
| Size of place of residence | 0.80b | ||
| City with more than 100,000 inhabitants | 1080 (77.8) | 308 (22.2) | |
| Town/City with less than 100,000 inhabitants | 491 (78.9) | 131 (21.1) | |
| Countryside or village | 179 (79.2) | 47 (20.8) | |
| Monthly income | < 0.001b | ||
| No income | 71 (71.7) | 28 (28.3) | |
| ≤2000€ | 924 (77.3) | 272 (22.7) | |
| >2000€ | 269 (87.1) | 40 (12.9) | |
| Education level | 0.057b | ||
| Low | 179 (73.1) | 66 (26.9) | |
| Medium | 618 (78.5) | 169 (21.5) | |
| High | 491 (80.5) | 119 (19.5) | |
| Relationship status | 0.034b | ||
| Single | 685 (80.5) | 166 (19.5) | |
| Steady partner | 610 (78.4) | 168 (21.6) | |
| Other status | 370 (74.4) | 127 (25.6) | |
| Gender identity recognition | < 0.001 c | ||
| Yes, always | 308 (94.5) | 18 (5.5) | |
| Sometimes/often | 1057 (79.1) | 280 (20.9) | |
| Never | 358 (65.0) | 193 (35.0) | |
| Living in accordance to gender identity in daily life | < 0.001b | ||
| Yes | 1113 (84.0) | 212 (16.0) | |
| Partly | 562 (69.4) | 248 (30.6) | |
| No | 64 (71.1) | 26 (28.9) | |
| Fulfilment of medical transition needs | < 0.001c | ||
| No medical transition desired | 32 (64.0) | 18 (36.0) | |
| Medical transition needs fulfilled | 433 (85.1) | 76 (14.9) | |
| Medical transition needs partially fulfilled | 573 (83.4) | 114 (16.6) | |
| Medical transition needs not fulfilled | 382 (71.1) | 155 (28.9) | |
| Unsure | 192 (74.1) | 67 (25.9) | |
| Living with HIV | 0.519c | ||
| Yes | 10 (83.3) | 2 (16.7) | |
| No | 1495 (78.9) | 401 (21.1) | |
| HIV/STI-protected sex decision-making | 0.015b | ||
| Feeling able | 1230 (79.0) | 326 (21.0) | |
| Feeling unable | 164 (71.9) | 64 (28.1) | |
aPercentages per row calculated above the total without missing values for each variable
bChi-square test
cFisher test