TABLE 2.

Mental health factors by residency

	Rural		Non-rural
Mental Health	Mean	SDb	Mean	SD	t	Sig
Transwomen
Suicide attempt (Lifetime)	25%	n = 49	27%	n = 116	–0.40	.69
BSI 18 Global Severity Indexa	18.21	13.47	16.07	14.39	–1.76	.08
BSI 18 Somatizationa	3.90	4.24	3.17	3.81	–2.05	.04
BSI 18 Depressiona	8.22	6.59	7.68	6.15	–0.98	.33
BSI 18 Anxietya	6.09	5.41	5.22	5.37	–1.88	.06
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale	5.01	1.45	5.11	1.38	0.81	.42
Transmen
Proportion attempted suicide	38%	n = 40	41%	n = 145	–0.59	.55
BSI 18 Global Severity Indexa	23.55	16.21	18.42	14.01	–2.94	.00
BSI 18 Somatizationa	5.77	5.08	4.41	4.45	–2.67	.01
BSI 18 Depressiona	9.43	7.14	7.32	5.94	–2.77	.01
BSI 18 Anxietya	8.34	6.58	6.70	5.48	–2.33	.02
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale	4.54	1.43	4.95	1.35	2.69	.01

^aRaw score

^bStandard deviation.