TABLE 1—
Weighted Demographic Characteristics of Participants Aged 18 to 64 Years, by Transgender Status: Massachusetts BRFSS, 2007–2009
| Characteristic | Transgender (n = 131),% (95% CI) | Nontransgender (n = 28 045), %(95% CI) | Wald χ2(df) P |
| Age, y | 0.88(2) .4 | ||
| 18–33 | 44.4 (28.5, 61.6) | 32.2 (31.1, 33.1) | |
| 34–49 | 32.2 (19.2, 48.6) | 37.9 (37.0, 38.8) | |
| 50–64 | 23.4 (14.6, 35.4) | 29.9 (29.2, 30.7) | |
| Gendera | 0.13(1) .72 | ||
| Male-sounding | 45.9 (30.0, 62.3) | 49.0 (48.0, 50.0) | |
| Female-sounding | 54.1 (37.3, 70.0) | 51.0 (50.0, 52.0) | |
| Race/ethnicity | 5.94(3) < .01 | ||
| White, non-Hispanic | 61.7 (43.0, 77.5) | 80.2 (79.4, 81.1) | |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 4.9 (2.1, 11.2) | 5.4 (5.0, 5.9) | |
| Hispanic | 32.4 (16.9, 52.9) | 9.0 (8.4, 9.7) | |
| Asian, American Indian, Alaska and Hawaii natives and Pacific Islanders | 1.0 (0.3, 2.8) | 5.3 (4.8, 5.8) | |
| Survey language | 0.26(1) .61 | ||
| English | 94.6 (85.7, 98.0) | 95.9 (95.5, 96.4) | |
| Spanish or Portuguese | 5.4 (2.0, 14.3) | 4.1 (3.6, 4.5) | |
| Relationship status | 2.12(3) .1 | ||
| Married | 36.6 (24.1, 51.2) | 60.4 (59.4, 61.4) | |
| Formerly married | 25.7 (12.7, 45.2) | 10.8 (10.4, 11.3) | |
| Never married | 26.8 (13.7, 45.6) | 23.5 (22.5, 24.6) | |
| Member of an unmarried couple | 10.9 (4.0, 26.5) | 5.3 (4.8, 5.8) |
Note. BRFSS = Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; CI = confidence interval. The sample size was n = 28 176. All CIs were design-adjusted.
a
Respondent gender was recorded by survey interviewers based on the sound of the respondent's voice and clarified “if necessary.”