Table 3.
Differences in parental acceptance, mental health, history of sex work and age at sexual debut by type of primary social support among transfemale youth in San Francisco, 2012 to 2014
| Social support type | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parental acceptance | Non-parent (n=251) | Parent (n=49) | Chi-squared | p |
| Item 1 | 144 (58.1) | 33 (67.3) | 1.1 | 0.293 |
| Item 2 | 88 (35.5) | 32 (65.3) | 13.9 | <0.001 |
| Item 3 | 150 (60.5) | 37 (75.5) | 3.3 | 0.067 |
| Item 4 | 88 (35.5) | 36 (73.5) | 22.7 | <0.001 |
| Item 5 | 123 (49.6) | 38 (77.6) | 11.8 | 0.001 |
| Item 6 | 41 (16.5) | 15 (30.6) | 4.4 | 0.035 |
| Item 7 | 33 (13.3) | 12 (24.5) | 3.2 | 0.076 |
| Item 8 | 146 (58.9) | 44 (89.8) | 15.7 | <0.001 |
| Item 9 | 150 (60.5) | 46 (93.9) | 18.9 | <0.001 |
| Item 10 | 128 (51.6) | 43 (87.8) | 20.4 | <0.001 |
| Total positive (i.e. yes) responses for parental acceptance items | ||||
| 0–1 | 47 (27.2) | 0 (0.0) | 16.1 | 0.003 |
| 2–3 | 21 (12.1) | 3 (8.6) | ||
| 4–5 | 23 (13.3) | 4 (11.4) | ||
| 6–8 | 65 (37.6) | 21 (60.0) | ||
| 9–10 | 17 (9.8) | 7 (20.0) | ||
| HIV risk | ||||
| History of sex work | 59 (27.4) | 10 (22.7) | 0.2 | 0.647 |
| Age (years) at sexual debut | ||||
| Never had sex | 18 (7.3) | 4 (8.2) | 4.6 | 0.466 |
| 6–12 | 28 (11.3) | 16 (32.7) | ||
| 13–15 | 70 (28.2) | 16 (32.7) | ||
| 16–17 | 68 (27.4) | 5 (10.2) | ||
| 18–19 | 48 (19.4) | 2 (4.1) | ||
| 20–24 | 16 (6.5) | 6 (12.2) | ||
| Condomless anal intercourse | 92 (37.1) | 18 (36.7) | 0.0 | 1.000 |
| Mental health | ||||
| Brief symptom inventory (T>62) | 31 (12.5) | 1 (2.0) | 3.6 | 0.057 |