Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of 150 trans-masculine individuals participating in a study assessing contraception use and reproductive history.
n | % | |
---|---|---|
Age, continuous | ||
Range: 21–50 years (mean, SD) | 27.5 | ±5.7 |
Race/ethnicity | ||
White | 112 | 74.7 |
Person of color | 38 | 25.3 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0 | 0.0 |
Asian | 9 | 6.0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | 0.7 |
Black or African American | 4 | 2.7 |
More than one race | 24 | 16.0 |
Hispanic/Latino | ||
Hispanic or Latino | 14 | 9.3 |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 133 | 88.7 |
Not reported | 3 | 2.0 |
Gender identity | ||
Binary | 115 | 76.7 |
Nonbinary | 35 | 23.3 |
Education: highest level | ||
High school or equivalent | 14 | 9.3 |
Some college or more | 136 | 90.7 |
Student: current | ||
Yes | 52 | 34.7 |
No | 97 | 64.7 |
Prefer not to answer | 1 | 0.7 |
Employment: current | ||
Unemployed | 34 | 22.7 |
Employed full-time | 44 | 29.3 |
Employed part-time | 68 | 45.3 |
Prefer not to answer | 4 | 2.7 |
Low income (annual household) | ||
$32,000 or less | 74 | 49.3 |
>$32,000 | 60 | 40.0 |
Don’t know | 13 | 8.7 |
Prefer not to answer | 3 | 2.0 |
Insurance | ||
No health insurance | 4 | 2.7 |
Public insurance (Mass Health, Medicaid, Medicare) | 45 | 30.0 |
Private, school or work insurance | 68 | 45.3 |
Parent’s insurance | 31 | 20.7 |
Prefer not to answer | 2 | 1.3 |
Social gender affirmation* | ||
No | 16 | 10.7 |
Yes | 131 | 87.3 |
Prefer not to answer | 3 | 2.0 |
Cross-sex hormone use: lifetime† | ||
No | 29 | 19.3 |
Yes | 121 | 80.7 |
Cross-sex hormone use: current (n=121)† | ||
No | 8 | 6.6 |
Yes | 113 | 93.4 |
Time consistently on cross-sex hormones: lifetime† | ||
Never | 29 | 19.3 |
Less than 12 months | 38 | 25.3 |
12 months to less than 3 years | 37 | 24.7 |
3 years to less than 5 years | 46 | 30.7 |
Gender confirmation surgeries | ||
No | 90 | 60.0 |
Yes | 60 | 40.0 |
Social support score (n=149)‡ | Mean SD | |
Range: 25–100 | 73.9 | 19.5 |