Table 1:
Characteristics of participants included in the analysis, stratified by province or region (n = 2217)
| Characteristic | No. (%) of participants* | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BC n = 430 |
AB n = 430 |
SK n = 81 |
MB n = 58 |
ON n = 780 |
QC n = 255 |
NL n = 27 |
Maritimes n = 146 |
NWT/YK n = 10 |
|
| Age, yr, median (IQR) | 30 (24–40) | 27 (22–35) | 26 (22–31) | 29 (24–36) | 28 (23–37) | 27 (22–33) | 25 (22–30) | 28 (22–35) | 35 (26–40) |
| Lived gender | |||||||||
| Man or boy | 122 (28.4) | 129 (30.0) | 19 (23.5) | 22 (37.9) | 243 (31.2) | 98 (38.4) | 12 (44.4) | 59 (40.4) | 4 (40.0) |
| Woman or girl | 140 (32.6) | 140 (32.6) | 23 (28.4) | 6 (10.3) | 216 (27.7) | 68 (26.7) | 9 (33.3) | 37 (25.3) | 1 (10.0) |
| Sometimes man/boy, sometimes woman/girl | 18 (4.2) | 31 (7.2) | 8 (9.9) | 4 (6.9) | 49 (6.3) | 4 (1.6) | 1 (3.7) | 11 (7.5) | 0 (0.0) |
| Nonbinary, genderqueer, agender or similar | 150 (34.9) | 129 (30.0) | 31 (38.3) | 26 (44.8) | 268 (34.4) | 85 (33.3) | 5 (18.5) | 39 (26.7) | 5 (50.0) |
| Missing | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Ethnoracial group | |||||||||
| Indigenous | 35 (8.1) | 42 (9.8) | 13 (16.0) | 7 (12.1) | 56 (7.2) | 12 (4.7) | 2 (7.4) | 6 (4.1) | 3 (30.0) |
| Racialized, non-Indigenous | 48 (11.2) | 38 (8.8) | 3 (3.7) | 8 (13.8) | 116 (14.9) | 17 (6.7) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (4.1) | 0 (0.0) |
| White | 343 (79.8) | 347 (80.7) | 65 (80.2) | 43 (74.1) | 600 (76.9) | 222 (87.1) | 25 (92.6) | 132 (90.4) | 7 (70.0) |
| Missing | 4 (0.9) | 3 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (1.0) | 4 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) |
| Education | |||||||||
| Less than high school | 47 (10.9) | 58 (13.5) | 12 (14.8) | 3 (5.2) | 59 (7.6) | 27 (10.6) | 1 (3.7) | 13 (8.9) | 3 (30.0) |
| High school | 43 (10.0) | 56 (13.0) | 10 (12.3) | 8 (13.8) | 70 (9.0) | 31 (12.2) | 2 (7.4) | 25 (17.1) | 0 (0.0) |
| Any college or university | 339 (78.8) | 313 (72.8) | 59 (72.8) | 46 (79.3) | 650 (83.3) | 196 (76.9) | 24 (88.9) | 108 (74.0) | 7 (70.0) |
| Missing | 1 (0.2) | 3 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.7) | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Low-income household | |||||||||
| Yes | 169 (39.3) | 152 (35.3) | 31 (38.3) | 21 (36.2) | 314 (40.3) | 121 (47.5) | 12 (44.4) | 61 (41.8) | 3 (30.0) |
| No | 218 (50.7) | 221 (51.4) | 39 (48.1) | 35 (60.3) | 412 (52.8) | 115 (45.1) | 10 (37.0) | 72 (49.3) | 6 (60.0) |
| Missing† | 43 (10.0) | 57 (13.3) | 11 (13.6) | 2 (3.4) | 54 (6.9) | 19 (7.5) | 5 (18.5) | 13 (8.9) | 1 (10.0) |
| Rural | |||||||||
| Yes | 29 (6.7) | 18 (4.2) | 8 (9.9) | 4 (6.9) | 34 (4.4) | 15 (5.9) | 1 (3.7) | 12 (8.2) | 2 (20.0) |
| No | 394 (91.6) | 400 (93.0) | 71 (87.7) | 53 (91.4) | 725 (92.9) | 231 (90.6) | 25 (92.6) | 131 (89.7) | 8 (80.0) |
| Missing | 7 (1.6) | 12 (2.8) | 2 (2.5) | 1 (1.7) | 21 (2.7) | 9 (3.5) | 1 (3.7) | 3 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) |
| Born in Canada | |||||||||
| Yes | 333 (77.4) | 389 (90.5) | 75 (92.6) | 56 (96.6) | 677 (86.8) | 227 (89.0) | 26 (96.3) | 136 (93.2) | 9 (90.0) |
| No | 94 (21.9) | 39 (9.1) | 5 (6.2) | 2 (3.4) | 95 (12.2) | 28 (11.0) | 1 (3.7) | 10 (6.8) | 1 (10.0) |
| Missing | 3 (0.7) | 2 (0.5) | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Medical gender affirmation | |||||||||
| Complete | 102 (23.7) | 90 (20.9) | 15 (18.5) | 11 (19.0) | 195 (25.0) | 103 (40.4) | 3 (11.1) | 36 (24.7) | 4 (40.0) |
| In process | 167 (38.8) | 131 (30.5) | 26 (32.1) | 24 (41.4) | 254 (32.6) | 43 (16.9) | 10 (37.0) | 58 (39.7) | 2 (20.0) |
| Planning but not begun | 51 (11.9) | 81 (18.8) | 13 (16.0) | 6 (10.3) | 101 (12.9) | 29 (11.4) | 5 (18.5) | 20 (13.7) | 1 (10.0) |
| Not planning or unsure | 99 (23.0) | 116 (27.0) | 26 (32.1) | 16 (27.6) | 206 (26.4) | 67 (26.3) | 9 (33.3) | 26 (17.8) | 2 (20.0) |
| Missing | 11 (2.6) | 12 (2.8) | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.7) | 24 (3.1) | 13 (5.1) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (4.1) | 1 (10.0) |
Note: AB = Alberta; BC = British Columbia; IQR = interquartile range; Maritimes = New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island; MB = Manitoba; NL = Newfoundland and Labrador; NWT/YK = Northwest Territories and Yukon; ON = Ontario; QC = Quebec; SK = Saskatchewan.
*
Unless stated otherwise.
†
Including participants aged 14–15 yr who were not asked income questions.