Table 2.
Participants’ demographic characteristics according to gender identity
| Participants’ gender identity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisgender (N = 18) |
Transgender (N = 15) |
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| Demographic characteristics | N | (%) | N | (%) |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 24–29 | 1 | (6) | 5 | (33) |
| 30–39 | 8 | (44) | 4 | (27) |
| 40–49 | 2 | (11) | 3 | (20) |
| 50 or more | 7 | (40) | 3 | (20) |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Malay | 10 | (56) | 4 | (27) |
| Chinese | 1 | (6) | 2 | (13) |
| Indian | 7 | (39) | 7 | (47) |
| Other | 0 | (0) | 2 | (13) |
| Religion | ||||
| Buddhist | 1 | (6) | 2 | (13) |
| Christian | 2 | (11) | 0 | (0) |
| Hindu | 2 | (11) | 7 | (47) |
| Muslim | 13 | (72) | 5 | (33) |
| Other | 0 | (0) | 1 | (7) |
| Relationship status | ||||
| Single | 2 | (11) | 13 | (87) |
| Has a partner | 0 | (0) | 1 | (7) |
| Married | 3 | (17) | 0 | (0) |
| Widowed | 5 | (28) | 0 | (0) |
| Divorced/separated | 8 | (44) | 1 | (7) |
| Number of children | ||||
| 0 | 2 | (11) | 13 | (87) |
| 1–2 | 7 | (39) | 2 | (13) |
| 3 or more | 9 | (50) | 0 | (0) |
| Level of education | ||||
| Less than primary | 3 | (17) | 1 | (7) |
| Primary | 1 | (6) | 0 | (0) |
| Secondary (incomplete) | 10 | (56) | 4 | (27) |
| Secondary (complete) | 4 | (22) | 7 | (60) |
| Tertiary | 0 | (0) | 1 | (7) |