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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2019 Aug 7;100(6):468–473. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2019.07.146

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