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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Sex Med. 2014 May 9;11(7):1717–1724. doi: 10.1111/jsm.12558

Table 3.

RDS-weighted bivariate associations with filler use among trans*women, San Francisco, 2013.

Variable Adjusted
Participants who did
not report using
fillers

%
Adjusted
Participants who
reported using fillers

%

p-value

Age 0.0002
  18–29 25.7 0.0
  30–39 11.1 32.4
  40–49 25.9 36.7
  50–59 29.3 30.8
  60+ 8.0 0.2

Gender Identity 0.1677
  Male 0.0 0.0
  Female 45.4 57.3
  Trans- female 48.3 42.7
  Other 6.3 0.0

Race 0.1731
  Latina 21.1 33.2
  White 31.4 24.0
  Black 35.4 40.9
  Asian 4.3 1.7
  Other 7.7 0.3

Born in US 0.5436
  Yes 83.2 79.2
  No 16.8 20.8

Income 0.2511
  0–417 16.1 7.0
  418–833 23.7 22.3
  834–1250 47.2 64.3
  1251–1667 4.1 0.0
  1668+ 8.9 6.4

Education 0.0773
  <HS 25.6 39.3
  HS 36.0 41.0
  Some college 30.6 11.5
  College grad/grad 7.7 8.2

Housing 0.0001
  Own/rent 49.2 60.3
  Live with partner/family/friend 3.3 15.5
  SRO 25.1 18.9
  Homeless 22.4 0.0

Relationship status 0.8237
  Yes 23.8 25.5
  No 76.2 74.5

Health insurance 0.6462
  Yes 85.6 88.5
  No 14.4 11.5

Seen a doctor in the last 6 mos 0.1019
  Yes 89.6 80.3
  No 10.4 19.7

Engagement in sex work 0.2714
  Yes 13.2 19.9
  No 86.9 80.1

Has had transition-related surgeries
SURGERY
<0.0001
  Yes 19.2 52.3
  No 80.8 47.7

Plans on having more surgeries <0.0001
  Yes 6.9 33.9
  No 93.1 66.1

Has taken non-prescribed hormones 0.0140
  Yes 41.2 62.7
  No 58.8 37.3

Satisfaction with body appearance 0.5968
  Yes 77.8 81.5
  No 22.3 18.5

Feel they pass as the gender with which they
identify
0.4765
  Yes 82.4 87.0
  No 17.6 13.0

Passing as the gender with which they identify
is important to self esteem
0.0579
  Yes 73.1 58.2
  No 26.9 41.8

Perceived as attractive important to self
esteem
0.0445
  Yes 77.1 61.9
  No 22.9 38.1

Passing as the gender with which they identify
is important to their safety
0.2031
  Yes 79.6 88.4
  No 20.4 11.6

Sexual advances validate gender 0.5108
  Yes 61.0 55.3
  No 39.0 44.7

Injected any drugs before 0.7990
  Yes 37.6 35.5
  No 62.4 64.5

HIV status 0.1530
  Positive 37.3 25.3
  Negative 62.7 74.7

Used needles that may have already been
used
0.7097
  Yes 1.9 2.8
  No 98.1 97.2