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. 2013 Oct;103(10):1820–1829. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300796
Areaa Survey Questions
Health care 1. Have you ever experienced discrimination by a doctor or health care professional due to your transgender status and/or gender expression?
2. Have you ever been denied enrollment in a health insurance plan because of your transgender status?
Employment 3. Have you ever been denied a job you applied for due to your transgender status and/or gender expression?
4. Have you ever been fired from a job due to your employer’s reaction to your transgender status and/or gender expression?
Housing 5. Have you ever lost housing or been denied a housing opportunity due to your transgender status and/or gender expression?
6. Have you ever been denied a bed in a homeless shelter due to your transgender status and/or gender expression?
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We considered participants who responded “yes” to either of the 2 questions in each area to have experienced discrimination in that particular area and participants who answered “no” to both questions to have not.