Table 1.
Group sociodemographic characteristics of transwomen of color enrolled in a no-cost transgender legal services agency (N=65)
| Variable | Total Sample (N=65) |
Pre-Name Change Group (n=37) |
Post-Name Change Group (n=28) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
| AgeA | 26.1 (4.74) | 24.5 (4.60) | 28.2 (4.10) |
| Number of times incarcerated | 1.69 (1.58) | 1.78 (1.67) | 1.57 (1.48) |
| % Yes (n) | % Yes (n) | % Yes (n) | |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||
| Black/African American | 52.3 (34) | 48.6 (18) | 57.1 (16) |
| Pacific Islander | 7.7 (5) | 5.4 (2) | 10.7 (3) |
| Hispanic/Latino | 46.2 (30) | 45.9 (17) | 46.4 (13) |
| Education | |||
| Less than high school | 13.8 (9) | 16.2 (6) | 10.7 (3) |
| Currently in high school | 3.1 (2) | 5.4 (2) | 0.0 |
| High school graduate | 43.1 (28) | 43.2 (16) | 42.9 (12) |
| Some or Currently enrolled in college | 26.2 (17) | 24.3 (9) | 28.6 (8) |
| College degree | 13.8 (9) | 10.8 (4) | 17.9 (5) |
| Sexual attraction | |||
| Men only | 67.2 (43) | 66.7 (24) | 67.9 (19) |
| Mostly men | 17.2 (11) | 19.4 (7) | 14.3 (4) |
| Both men and women equally | 9.4 (6) | 13.9 (5) | 3.6 (1) |
| Mostly women | 4.7 (3) | - | 10.7 (3) |
| Women only | 1.6 (1) | - | 3.6 (1) |
| HIV-status | |||
| Positive | 20.3 (13) | 13.9 (5) | 28.6 (8) |
| Negative | 76.6 (49) | 80.6 (29) | 71.4 (20) |
| Unknown | 3.41 (2) | 5.6 (2) | - |
Notes:
A
Significantly different at p < .05.