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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Sch Nurs. 2018 Dec 13;36(4):293–303. doi: 10.1177/1059840518818259

Table 1.

Characteristics of transgender and cisgender students on matching variables before and after propensity score matching

Before matching After matching
Variable Transgender (n=186)
No. (%)
Cisgender (n=8669)
No. (%)
Standardized mean difference Transgender (n=186)
No. (%)
Cisgender (n=356)
No. (%)
Standardized mean difference % balance improvement
Sex
 Male 86 (46.2%) 4211 (48.6%) −0.05 86 (46.2%) 167 (46.9%) −0.01 77%
 Female 100 (53.8%) 4458 (51.4%) - 100 (53.8%) 189 (53.1%) - -
Age
 13 years 2 (1.1%) 20 (0.2%) - 2 (1.1%) 3 (0.8%) - -
 14 years 21 (11.3%) 1323 (15.3%) −0.13 21 (11.3%) 38 (10.7%) 0.00 100%
 15 years 49 (26.3%) 2286 (26.4%) −0.00 49 (26.3%) 95 (26.7%) 0.00 100%
 16 years 48 (25.8%) 2340 (27.0%) −0.03 48 (25.8%) 94 (26.4%) 0.00 100%
 17 years 41 (22.0%) 1912 (22.1%) 0.00 41 (22.0%) 78 (21.9%) 0.00 100%
 ≥18 years 25 (13.4%) 788 (9.1%) 0.13 25 (13.4%) 48 (13.5%) 0.00 100%
Race/Ethnicity
 Hispanic 80 (43.0%) 3611 (41.7%) - 80 (43.0%) 154 (43.3%) - -
 Non-Hispanic Black 61 (32.8%) 2992 (34.5%) −0.04 61 (32.8%) 118 (33.1%) 0.00 84%
 Non-Hispanic White 30 (16.1%) 1334 (15.4%) 0.02 30 (16.1%) 57 (16.0%) 0.00 100%
 Othera 15 (8.1%) 732 (8.4%) −0.01 15 (8.1%) 27 (7.6%) 0.01 29%
School
 A 32 (17.2%) 1672 (19.3%) - 32 (17.2%) 61 (17.1%) - -
 B 23 (12.4%) 1315 (15.2%) −0.08 23 (12.4%) 43 (12.1%) 0.00 100%
 C 30 (16.1%) 1133 (13.1%) 0.08 30 (16.1%) 55 (15.4%) 0.01 91%
 D 18 (9.7%) 1105 (12.7%) −0.10 18 (9.7%) 35 (9.8%) 0.00 100%
 E 30 (16.1%) 1116 (12.9%) 0.09 30 (16.1%) 59 (16.6%) −0.01 92%
 F 17 (9.1%) 811 (9.4%) −0.00 17 (9.1%) 33 (9.3%) 0.00 100%
 G 36 (19.4%) 1517 (17.5%) 0.05 36 (19.4%) 70 (19.7%) 0.00 100%
a

Other race category includes Native American, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and multiracial