Table 1.
A Description of the Sample by Transgender Status (n=767)
| Transgender | Nontransgender | T-test or chi-square | Total sample | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Mean or % | N | Mean or % | N | p | Mean or % | N |
| Age (mean years) | 36.3 | 89 | 36.0 | 665 | 0.810 | 36.0 | 754 |
| Race | 0.224 | ||||||
| White | 86.8 | 79 | 91.9 | 614 | 91.3 | 691 | |
| Nonwhite | 13.2 | 12 | 8.1 | 54 | 8.7 | 66 | |
| Residence | 0.729 | ||||||
| Urban (Lincoln/Omaha) | 90.4 | 75 | 89.1 | 548 | 89.3 | 623 | |
| Rural (not from Lincoln/Omaha) | 9.6 | 8 | 10.9 | 67 | 10.7 | 75 | |
| Marital status | 0.516 | ||||||
| Married or partnered | 52.2 | 47 | 55.9 | 377 | 55.4 | 424 | |
| Other | 47.8 | 43 | 44.1 | 298 | 44.6 | 341 | |
| Education | 0.012 | ||||||
| No college degree | 59.3 | 54 | 36.4 | 306 | 47.1 | 360 | |
| College degree or higher | 40.7 | 37 | 63.6 | 370 | 52.9 | 407 | |
| Income | 0.090 | ||||||
| Annual Household $ <25,000 | 38.2 | 34 | 29.4 | 196 | 32.7 | ||
| Annual Household $ ≥25,000 | 61.8 | 55 | 70.6 | 471 | |||
| Employment status | 0.035 | ||||||
| Employed for wages | 62.6 | 57 | 73.2 | 495 | 72.0 | 552 | |
| Unemployed | 37.4 | 34 | 26.8 | 181 | 28.0 | 215 | |
| Self-rated health | 0.071 | ||||||
| Excellent/very good | 54.4 | 49 | 64.2 | 433 | 63.1 | 482 | |
| Good/fair/poor | 45.6 | 41 | 35.8 | 241 | 36.9 | 282 | |
| HIV infection status | 0.032 | ||||||
| Negative or prefer not to answer | 100.0 | 90 | 95.1 | 639 | 95.5 | 729 | |
| Positive | 0.0 | 0 | 4.9 | 33 | 4.5 | 33 | |
| Smoking daily | 0.930 | ||||||
| Yes | 16.7 | 15 | 16.2 | 109 | 16.4 | 124 | |
| No or prefer not to answer | 83.3 | 75 | 83.8 | 563 | 83.6 | 638 | |
| Current use of illicit drugs | 0.802 | ||||||
| Yes | 70.3 | 64 | 71.6 | 484 | 28.6 | 220 | |
| No or prefer not to answer | 29.7 | 27 | 28.4 | 192 | 71.4 | 550 | |
| Level of discriminationa | 0.083 | ||||||
| Low | 56.0 | 51 | 65.3 | 439 | 64.2 | 490 | |
| High | 44.0 | 40 | 34.7 | 233 | 35.8 | 273 | |
| Depression symptomsb | <0.001 | ||||||
| Fewer | 46.2 | 42 | 66.6 | 447 | 64.2 | 489 | |
| More | 53.8 | 49 | 33.4 | 224 | 35.8 | 273 | |
| Ever attempted suicide | <0.001 | ||||||
| Yes | 37.6 | 32 | 15.9 | 106 | 18.6 | 138 | |
| No | 62.4 | 53 | 84.1 | 559 | 81.4 | 602 | |
| Self-acceptance of LGBT identityc | 0.107 | ||||||
| Low | 53.8 | 49 | 44.9 | 302 | 45.9 | 351 | |
| High | 46.2 | 42 | 55.1 | 371 | 54.1 | 413 | |
| Total number of cases | 91 | 676 | 767 | ||||
| Percentage | 11.9 | 88.1 | 100.0 | ||||
a
Based on a 15-item scale with scores of 0–24 being coded as Low and 25–60 coded as High.
b
Based on a 20-item Centers for Epidemiological Studies–Depression scale with scores ≤16 coded as Fewer and scores >16 as More.
c
Based on a 11-item scale with scores ≥44 coded as having a high level of self-acceptance of LGBT identity and scores <44 as having a low level of self-acceptance of LGBT identity.