EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES OF GENDER-DIVERSE YOUTH: A National Population-Based Study.

ABSTRACT: Despite the growing population of youth identifying with a transgender or nonbinary gender identity, research on gender-diverse individuals' educational outcomes is limited. This study takes advantage of the first nationally representative, population-based data set that includes measures of gender identity and educational outcomes: the High School Longitudinal study of 2009. Using minority stress and structural symbolic interactionist frameworks, we examine the association between gender identity and high school and college educational outcomes. We compare the educational outcomes of gender-diverse youth-binary transgender, nonbinary, and gender unsure-with those of cisgender youth, and also examine differences within the gender-diverse population. Given the strong link between minority s

SUBMITTER: Wilkinson L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8483182 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature