Table 2.
Comparisons of income, housing, and economic hardship experienced 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) |
Adjusted Odds Ratio (OR) [95% confidence interval]B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Yes (n) | % Yes (n) | % Yes (n) | ||
| EmploymentA | 29.7 (19) | 19.4 (7) | 42.9 (12) | 0.30 [0.09–1.01] |
| IncomeA | 5.36 [1.50–19.13] | |||
| Less than $1,000 a month | 63.1 (41) | 75.7 (28) | 46.4 (13) | |
| More than $1,000 a month | 36.9 (24) | 24.3 (9) | 53.5 (15) | |
| Housing (past year)A | ||||
| House or Apartment (owned or rent) | 43.1 (28) | 27.0 (10) | 64.3(18) | 3.35 [1.09–10.35] |
| Motel, hotel, or boarding house | 9.2 (6) | 13.5 (5) | 3.6 (1) | |
| A car, on the street, or homeless shelter | 10.8 (7) | 10.8 (4) | 10.7 (3) | |
| Rehabilitation or treatment facility | 7.7 (5) | 5.4 (2) | 10.7 (3) | |
| Economic Hardship (past 6 months) | ||||
| Homelessness | 20.6 (13) | 19.4 (7) | 22.2 (6) | |
| Received food stamps | 33.3 (21) | 34.3 (12) | 32.1 (9) | |
| Received government financial assistance | 25.0 (16) | 27.8 (10) | 21.4 (6) | |
| Borrowed money to “get by” | 48.4 (31) | 52.8 (19) | 42.9 (12) | |
| Missed meals or lacked food due to | 29.7 (19) | 33.3 (12) | 25.0 (7) |
Notes:
A
Significantly different at p < .05;
B
Adjusted for age differences.