Table 1. Demographics, Mental Health, and Substance Use.
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How old were you when you started to live full-time in a gender that is
different from the one assigned to you at birth? |
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| All N=9711 |
In childhood, age 3 – 9 n=165 |
In adolescence, age 10 – 17 n=1196 |
In adulthood, age 18 and over n=8350 |
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| μ (SD) | μ (SD) | μ (SD) | μ (SD) | H | p | |
| Current age | 34.8 (13.9) | 30.7 (13.0) | 22.8 (7.8) | 36.6 (13.8) | 1653.7 | <.001 |
| Time to social transition (years) | 23.4 (12.8) | 0.9 (1.5) | 10.1 (2.7) | 25.7 (12.3) | 3112.9 | <.001 |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | x 2 | p | |
| Current Age, census categories | 1616.8 | <.001 | ||||
| 18 – 24 | 2774 (28.6) | 74 (44.8) | 918 (76.8) | 1782 (21.3) | ||
| 25 – 44 | 4561 (47.0) | 61 (37.0) | 240 (20.1) | 4260 (51.0) | ||
| 45 – 64 | 2036 (21.0) | 28 (17.0) | 33 (2.8) | 1975 (23.7) | ||
| 65+ | 340 (3.5) | 2 (1.2) | 5 (0.4) | 333 (4.0) | ||
| Gender Identity | 540.1 | <.001 | ||||
| Woman | 2072 (21.4) | 9 (5.5) | 100 (8.4) | 1963 (23.5) | ||
| Man | 1308 (13.5) | 25 (15.2) | 253 (21.2) | 1030 (12.3) | ||
| Trans Woman | 2140 (22.1) | 21 (12.8) | 97 (8.1) | 2022 (24.2) | ||
| Trans Man | 2706 (27.9) | 40 (24.4) | 444 (37.2) | 2222 (26.6) | ||
| Non-binary / Genderqueer | 1477 (15.2) | 69 (42.1) | 300 (25.1) | 1108 (13.3) | ||
| Sex Assigned at Birth | 450.5 | <.001 | ||||
| Female | 5266 (54.2) | 125 (75.8) | 974 (81.4) | 4167 (49.9) | ||
| Male | 4445 (45.8) | 40 (24.2) | 222 (18.6) | 4183 (50.1) | ||
| Sexual Orientation | 86.8 | <.001 | ||||
| Heterosexual / Straight | 1837 (18.9) | 30 (18.2) | 212 (17.7) | 1595 (19.1) | ||
| Asexual | 676 (7.0) | 21 (12.7) | 137 (11.5) | 518 (6.2) | ||
| Pansexual / Queer | 4793 (49.4) | 70 (42.4) | 602 (50.3) | 4121 (49.4) | ||
| Gay / Lesbian / Bisexual | 1812 (18.7) | 27 (16.4) | 155 (13.0) | 1630 (19.5) | ||
| Not listed | 593 (6.1) | 17 (10.3) | 90 (7.5) | 486 (5.8) | ||
| Race | 68.7 | <.001 | ||||
| Racial Minority | 2101 (21.6) | 59 (35.8) | 349 (29.2) | 1693 (20.3) | ||
| Not racial minority (White / European American) | 7610 (78.4) | 106 (64.2) | 847 (70.8) | 6657 (79.7) | ||
| Education Level | 985.0 | <.001 | ||||
| Less than high school | 278 (2.9) | 11 (6.7) | 144 (12.0) | 123 (1.5) | ||
| High school graduate / GED | 1076 (11.1) | 34 (20.6) | 314 (26.3) | 728 (8.7) | ||
| Some college / Associate’s degree | 4320 (44.5) | 70 (42.4) | 572 (47.8) | 3678 (44.0) | ||
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 4037 (41.6) | 50 (30.3) | 166 (13.9) | 3821 (45.8) | ||
| Employment Status | 195.1 | <.001 | ||||
| Employed | 6506 (85.9) | 98 (77.2) | 614 (70.8) | 5794 (88.0) | ||
| Unemployed | 1070 (14.1) | 29 (22.8) | 253 (29.2) | 788 (12.0) | ||
| Relationship Status | 7.4 | .02 | ||||
| Partnered | 4865 (52.0) | 73 (46.8) | 565 (48.8) | 4227 (52.6) | ||
| Unpartnered | 4487 (48.0) | 83 (53.2) | 592 (51.2) | 3812 (47.4) | ||
| Total Household Income | 43.4 | <.001 | ||||
| < $25,000 | 3025 (33.4) | 67 (45.3) | 426 (40.4) | 2532 (32.2) | ||
| $25,000 – $49,999 | 2095 (23.1) | 30 (20.3) | 210 (19.9) | 1855 (23.6) | ||
| $50,000 – $99,000 | 2207 (24.4) | 24 (16.2) | 215 (20.4) | 1968 (25.1) | ||
| >$100,000 | 1728 (19.1) | 27 (18.2) | 203 (19.3) | 1498 (19.1) | ||
| Family support of gender identity | 50.9 | <.001 | ||||
| Supportive | 5520 (59.2) | 73 (45.9) | 696 (59.6) | 4751 (59.4) | ||
| Neutral | 1596 (17.1) | 26 (16.4) | 194 (16.6) | 1376 (17.2) | ||
| Unsupportive | 1706 (18.3) | 33 (20.8) | 204 (17.5) | 1469 (18.4) | ||
| Family doesn’t know | 497 (5.3) | 27 (17.0) | 74 (6.3) | 396 (5.0) | ||
| Ever exposed to gender identity change efforts | 20.7 | <.001 | ||||
| Yes | 1996 (23.3) | 30 (25.2) | 279 (29.1) | 1687 (22.5) | ||
| No | 6575 (76.7) | 89 (74.8) | 681 (70.9) | 5805 (77.5) | ||
| Ever had pubertal suppression | 244.7 | <.001 | ||||
| Yes | 64 (0.7) | 8 (4.8) | 44 (3.7) | 12 (0.1) | ||
| No | 9647 (99.3) | 157 (95.2) | 1152 (96.3) | 8338 (99.9) | ||
| Ever had gender-affirming hormones | 510.4 | <.001 | ||||
| Yes | 7445 (77.4) | 68 (41.7) | 657 (55.5) | 6720 (81.2) | ||
| No | 2180 (22.6) | 95 (58.3) | 527 (44.5) | 1558 (18.8) | ||
| Lifetime suicidal ideation | 8235 (84.8) | 135 (82.3) | 1054 (88.3) | 7046 (84.5) | 12.8 | .002 |
| Past-year suicidal ideation | 4491 (46.2) | 76 (46.3) | 723 (60.5) | 3692 (44.3) | 110.9 | <.001 |
| Past-year suicidal ideation with plan | 2375 (24.5) | 40 (52.6) | 434 (60.0) | 1901 (51.5) | 17.6 | <.001 |
| Lifetime suicide attempt | 4607 (47.4) | 87 (53.0) | 679 (57.0) | 3841 (46.1) | 51.3 | <.001 |
| Past-year suicide attempt | 793 (8.2) | 18 (23.7) | 178 (24.7) | 597 (16.2) | 31.5 | <.001 |
| Past-year suicide attempt resulting in medical attention | 377 (3.9) | 7 (38.9) | 73 (41.0) | 297 (49.7) | 4.8 | .09 |
| Past-month severe psychological distress | 3138 (32.3) | 64 (40.0) | 601 (51.4) | 2473 (30.2) | 211.8 | <.001 |
| Lifetime illicit drug use | 3434 (35.4) | 46 (28.6) | 299 (25.4) | 3089 (37.4) | 67.3 | <.001 |
| Lifetime marijuana use | 6803 (70.1) | 106 (65.4) | 707 (59.7) | 5990 (72.3) | 81.4 | <.001 |
| Past-month binge drinking | 2524 (26.0) | 36 (21.8) | 299 (25.1) | 2189 (26.3) | 2.3 | .32 |
Note: Group differences between Current Age and Time to social transition were tested with Kruskal-Wallis H test