• Preventive medicine · Mar 2022

    Health, economic and social disparities among transgender women, transgender men and transgender nonbinary adults: Results from a population-based study.

    • Karen I Fredriksen Goldsen, Meghan Romanelli, Charles P Hoy-Ellis, and Hailey Jung.
    • University of Washington, School of Social Work, 4101 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105, United States of America.
    • Prev Med. 2022 Mar 1; 156: 106988106988.

    AbstractWe investigated health, economic, and social disparities among transgender adults (transgender women, men, and nonbinary) aged 18 years and older. Using population-based data from the Washington State Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (WA-BRFSS), we pooled 2016 through 2019 data (n = 47,894). We estimated weighted distributions and prevalence by gender identity for background characteristics, economic, social and health indicators. We performed regressions of these indicators on gender identity, including transgender versus cisgender adults and transgender nonbinary adults compared to cisgender adults, followed by subgroup analyses: transgender women and men compared to each cisgender group and to one another, adjusting for covariates. Compared to cisgender adults, transgender adults overall were significantly younger and lower income with less education; more likely single with fewer children; and had several elevated health risks, including poor physical and mental health, and higher rates of chronic conditions and disability. Alternatively, transgender men and women had higher rates of flu vaccination than cisgender men. Between transgender subgroups, transgender men and transgender nonbinary adults were younger than transgender women; transgender men were significantly less likely married or partnered than transgender women; and, transgender women were more likely to live alone than nonbinary respondents. This is one of the first population-based studies to examine both between and within subgroup disparities among cisgender, transgender binary, and transgender nonbinary adults, revealing patterns of inequities across subgroups. More research understanding the mechanisms of these disparities and the development of targeted interventions is needed to address the unique needs of subgroups of transgender people.Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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