1. Transgender Health in Massachusetts: Results From a Household Probability Sample of Adults.
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Conron, Kerith J., Scott, Gunner, Stowell, Grace Sterling, and Landers, Stewart J.
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SURVEY methodology ,AGE distribution ,COMPARATIVE studies ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,EPIDEMIOLOGY ,HEALTH status indicators ,HISPANIC Americans ,HOUSING ,POVERTY ,RESEARCH funding ,STATISTICAL sampling ,UNEMPLOYMENT ,DATA analysis ,TRANSGENDER people ,MULTIPLE regression analysis ,RESIDENTIAL patterns ,SECONDARY analysis ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
Despite higher rates of unemployment and poverty among transgender adults (n=131; 0.5% weighted) than among nontransgender adults (n=28045) in our population-based Massachusetts household sample, few health differences were observed between transgender and nontransgender adults. Transgender adults who are stably housed and participated in a telephone health survey may represent the healthiest segment of the transgender population. Our findings demonstrate a need for diverse sampling approaches to monitor transgender health, including adding transgender measures to population-based surveys, and further highlight economic inequities that warrant intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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