Table 1.
Sociodemographic Characteristics Among Sexually Active Trans Masculine People Who Have Sex with Men in Massachusetts (n=173).
| Total | Social Gender Transition |
No Social Gender Transition |
Comparing TMSM with and without social gender transition |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N=173 | N=143 | N=30 | ||||||
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| DEMOGRAPHICS | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t-test (df) | p-value |
| Age (Range: 18-57 Years) | 29.4 | 9.6 | 30.1 | 9.9 | 26.2 | 6.8 | −4.58 (863) | <0.0001 |
| Binary/Non-Binary Gender Identity | N | % | N | % | N | % | χ2 (df) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female-to-Male (FTM)/ Transgender Man/ Male | 89 | 51.4 | 82 | 57.3 | 7 | 23.3 | 55.80 (1) | <0.0001 |
| Genderqueer, Gender Variant, or Gender Nonconforming | 84 | 48.6 | 61 | 42.7 | 23 | 76.7 | ||
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||
| White (Non-Hispanic) | 141 | 81.5 | 115 | 80.4 | 26 | 86.7 | 1.87 (1) | 0.17 |
| People of Color (POC) | 32 | 18.5 | 28 | 19.6 | 4 | 13.3 | ||
| Education | ||||||||
| Some College or Less | 58 | 33.5 | 44 | 30.8 | 14.0 | 46.7 | 10.87 (1) | 0.001 |
| College Graduate or More | 115 | 66.5 | 99 | 69.2 | 16.0 | 53.3 | ||
| Employment | ||||||||
| Employed (wages, self-employed and/or employed student) | 124 | 71.7 | 104 | 72.7 | 20 | 66.7 | 1.53 (2) | 0.46 |
| Student only | 19 | 11.0 | 15 | 10.5 | 4 | 13.3 | ||
| Unemployed, unable to work, other | 30 | 17.3 | 24 | 16.8 | 6 | 20.0 | ||
| Income – Annual | ||||||||
| <20k | 83 | 48.0 | 68 | 47.6 | 15 | 50.0 | 7.47 (2) | 0.02 |
| 20k to <50k | 50 | 28.9 | 39 | 27.3 | 11 | 36.7 | ||
| 50k + | 40 | 23.1 | 36 | 25.2 | 4 | 13.3 | ||
| Gender Affirmation | ||||||||
| Social Transition Only | 46 | 26.6 | 46 | 32.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 865.00 (2) | <0.0001 |
| Social and Medical Transition | 97 | 56.1 | 97 | 67.8 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| No Social Transition | 30 | 17.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 100.0 | ||
| Sexual Orientation Identity | ||||||||
| Straight/Heterosexual | 12 | 6.9 | 11 | 7.7 | 1 | 3.3 | 3.72 (1) | 0.05 |
| Non-Heterosexual identity | 161 | 93.1 | 132 | 92.3 | 29 | 96.7 | ||
| Relationship Status | ||||||||
| Partnered | 93 | 53.8 | 82 | 57.3 | 11 | 36.7 | 18.86 (1) | <0.0001 |
| Non-Partnered | 80 | 46.2 | 61 | 42.7 | 19 | 63.3 |