Open AccessTransgender Health in Massachusetts: Results From a Household Probability Sample of Adults
Author(s) -
Kerith J. Conron,
Gunner Scott,
Grace Sterling Stowell,
Stewart Landers
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2011.300315
Subject(s) - transgender , sample (material) , transgender person , demography , environmental health , medicine , psychology , gerontology , geography , sociology , chromatography , psychoanalysis , chemistry
Despite higher rates of unemployment and poverty among transgender adults (n = 131; 0.5% weighted) than among nontransgender adults (n = 28,045) 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.