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

ABSTRACT: We 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 adu

SUBMITTER: Fredriksen Goldsen KI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8954758 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature