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. 2015 Sep 1;30(3):809–831. doi: 10.1111/socf.12193

Table 1.

National Transgender Discrimination Survey Descriptive Statistics (= 4,115)

  SAMPLE GENDER
M (SD) Trans Men (= 1,601) Trans Women (= 2,514)
Survey Version (1 =  paper; 0 =  online) .04 .02 .05***
Social Status
Race and Ethnicity
Non‐Hispanic White (1 =  yes) .78 .75 .79***
Asian/Pacific Islander (1 =  yes) .02 .02 .02
Non‐Hispanic Black (1 =  yes) .03 .04 .03
Latina/o (1 =  yes) .04 .04 .04
American Indian (1 =  yes) .01 .01 .02
Multiracial (1 =  yes) .11 .14 .10***
Income (logged)a 10.42 (1.04) 10.29 10.50***
Education (4 =  graduate school) 2.53 (.99) 2.63 2.47***
Age (in years) 37.77 (12.96) 31.03 42.07***
Sexual Minority (1 =  yes) .79 .77 .80*
Perceived Gender Nonconformity (4 =  always) 1.49 (1.13) 1.34 1.58***
Transition Status
Medical Transition
Any Surgical Treatment (1 =  yes) .43 .50 .38***
Hormones Only (1 =  yes) .37 .23 .45***
No Medical Treatment (1 =  yes) .20 .26 .17***
Social Transition (1 =  lives full time) .74   .78 .71***
Self‐Reports of Transphobic Discrimination
Major Transphobic Discrimination (0–26 events) 3.20 (4.01) 3.05 3.29
Everyday Transphobic Discrimination (0–11 events) 2.47 (2.46) 2.73 2.31***
Health‐Harming Behaviors
Attempted Suicide (1 =  yes) .44 .47 .42**
Drug/Alcohol Abuse (1 =  yes) .27 .29 .26*
Smoking (1 =  yes) .30 .34 .28***

*< .05, **< .01, ***< .001 compared to trans men.

a

A logged annual household income of 10.46 is equivalent to $35,000.

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