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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014 Dec 15;0:160–166. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.11.023

Table 2.

Psychosocial Risk Factors and Substance Use among trans*female youth in the San Francisco Bay Area

Psychosocial Risk Factors N (%)
Psychosocial Measures
  PTSD 179 (61)
  BSI 42 (14)
  Gender Related Discrimination 233 (80)
Parental Drug/Alcohol Problem 133 (46)
Substance Use Measures For Last Six Months N (%)
Any Drug Use (Excluding Alcohol) 202 (69)
Alcohol Use 238 (82)
  Binge Drinking (5 or more drinks on one occasion) 150 (51)
Drug Use Before or During Sex 96 (33)
Multiple Drug Use 106 (36)
Multiple Light Substance Use 93 (32)
Multiple Heavy Drug Use 44 (15)
Specific Substances
  Marijuana 183 (63)
  Cigarettes 137 (47)
  Ecstacy/GHB/Ketamine 59 (20)
  Non-Prescribed Prescription Drugs 59 (20)
  Crack/Cocaine 47 (16)
  Methamphetamine 37 (13)
  Poppers 29 (10)
  Heroin 9 (3)