Open AccessTransgender Population Size in the United States: a Meta-Regression of Population-Based Probability Samples
Author(s) -
Esther L. Meerwijk,
Jae Sevelius
Publication year - 2017
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.2016.303578
Subject(s) - transgender , demography , population , sampling frame , census , population size , american community survey , geography , medicine , psychology , sociology , psychoanalysis
Transgender individuals have a gender identity that differs from the sex they were assigned at birth. The population size of transgender individuals in the United States is not well-known, in part because official records, including the US Census, do not include data on gender identity. Population surveys today more often collect transgender-inclusive gender-identity data, and secular trends in culture and the media have created a somewhat more favorable environment for transgender people.