Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of kathoy surveyed in Luang Prabang, Vientiane, and Savannakhet, Laos (November 2004 and June 2006)

Transgendered MM^a

130

45.5

197

47.5

.543

Transgendered MW^b

158

55.5

218

52.5

.543

Age

n

%

n

%

15-20 years old

132

45.8

193

46.5

.414

21-25 years old

87

30.2

136

32.8

.355

26-30 years old

41

14.2

61

14.7

.851

31-35 years old

28

9.7

25

6.0

.965

Mean = 22.4 years old

Mean = 21.8 years old

.213

Education

n

%

n

%

Never attended school

0

0

1

0.2

.405

Primary school

24

8.3

20

4.8

.059

Lower secondary school

83

28.8

133

32.0

.362

Upper secondary school

121

42.0

193

46.5

.239

Higher than secondary school

60

20.8

68

16.4

.133

Marital status

n

%

n

%

Not married

286

99.3

412

99.3

.666

Average monthly income^c

n

%

n

200,000 kip or less

80

27.8

57

13.7

<.001

200,001 kip to 600,000 kip

128

44.4

209

50.4

.123

600,001 kip to 1,000,000 kip

37

12.8

79

19.0

.030

1,000,001 kip to 3,000,000 kip

34

11.8

63

15.2

.202

3,000,001 kip or higher

9

3.1

7

1.7

.209

Mean = 741,194 kip

Mean = 812,246 kip

Occupation

n

%

n

Student

69

24.0

87

21.0

.348

Hairdresser/beauty salon employee

63

21.9

99

23.9

.540

Merchant/small shop owner

49

17.0

76

18.3

.658

Construction worker

13

4.5

27

6.5

.263

Waiter

13

4.5

22

5.3

.638

Guesthouse/hotel employee

8

2.8

9

2.2

.606

Teacher

7

2.4

4

1.0

.124

Government worker

6

2.1

9

2.2

.939

Army soldier

1

0.3

0

0

.230

Other

2

0.6

22

5.3

.638

Unemployed

57

19.8

60

14.5

.062