Table 3.

General characteristics of transgender youth separated by reason to use substance.

Variables	Substance use to…									Did not report substance use			p
	… deal with gender-related stress			... deal with general stress			... recreational purposes
	53			21			36
	Mean	SD	95% CI	Mean	SD	95% CI	Mean	SD	95% CI	Mean	SD	95% CI
Age	18.32	2.30	17.69–18.96	18.71	2.88	17.40–20.03	18.94	2.65	18.05–19.84	18.64	2.47	18.10–1918	.708a
	N	%	95% CI	N	%	95% CI	N	%	95% CI	N	%	95% CI
Gender identity	54	100.00	–	21	100.00	–	37	100.00		86	100.00		.717a
Young transgender men	24	44.44	31.19–57.70	10	47.62	26.26–68.98	18	48.65	32.54–64.75	41	47.67	37.12–58.23
Young transgender women	16	29.63	17.45–41.81	3	14.29	0.68–29.25	7	18.92	6.30–31.54	16	18.60	10.38–26.83
Gender diverse youth	14	25.93	14.24–37.61	8	38.10	17.33–58.87	12	32.43	17.35–47.52	29	33.72	23.73–43.71
Ethnicity	41	100.00	64.52–87.33	18	100.00	–	35	100.00	–	61	100.00	–	.554a
White	24	58.54	43.46-73.62	10	55.56	32.60–78.51	20	57.14	40.75–73.54	42	68.85	57.23–80.47
Non-white	17	41.46	26.38–56.54	8	44.44	21.49–67.40	15	42.86	26.46–59.25	19	31.15	19.53–42.77
School	54	100.00	–	22	100.00	–	37	100.00	–	87	100.00	–	.211a
Studying	36	66.67	54.09-79.24	11	50.00	29.11–70.89	20	54.05	38.00–70.11	60	68.97	59.24–78.69
Not studying	18	33.33	20.76–45.91	11	50.00	29.11–70.89	17	45.95	29.89–62.00	27	31.03	21.31–40.76
Local of residence	54	100.00	–	22	100.00	–	37		–	87	100.00	–	.051a
City	42	77.78	66.69-88.87	17	77.27	59.76–94.78	35	94.59	87.31–101.88	60	68.97	59.24–78.69
Suburb	11	20.37	9.63–31.11	3	13.64	0.70–27.98	1	2.70	2.52–7.93	20	22.99	14.15–31.83
Rural area	1	1.85	1.74–5.45	0	0.00	0–0	1	2.70	2.52–7.93	4	4.60	0.20–9.00
Do not know	0	0.00	0–0	2	9.09	2.92–21.10	0	0.00	0–0	3	3.45	0.39–7.28
Brazil region	51	100.00	–	22	100.00	–	36	100.00	–	85	100.00	–	.411a
North	4	7.84	0.46-15.22	3	13.64	0.70–27.98	0	0.00	0.00–0.00	2	2.35	0.87–5.58
Northeast	3	5.88	0.57–12.34	4	18.18	2.06–34.30	4	11.11	0.85–21.38	12	14.12	6.72–21.52
Central-West	5	9.80	1.64–17.97	1	4.55	4.16–13.25	3	8.33	0.70–17.36	6	7.06	1.61–12.50
Southeast	25	49.02	35.30–62.74	9	40.91	20.36–61.45	18	50.00	33.67–66.33	36	42.35	31.85–52.86
South	14	27.45	15.20–39.70	5	22.73	5.22–40.24	11	30.56	15.51–45.60	29	34.12	24.04–44.20

Note. Sample size varied according to the question because participants had the possibility to skip sections of the survey. Bold = p < .05.

^aChi-square test.