Monitoring the health of transgender and other gender minority populations: Validity of natal sex and gender identity survey items in a U.S. national cohort of young adults

Table 2 Phase 1: natal sex and current gender identity cross-classified using a two-step method among U.S. young adults in the growing up today study 1

	Maternal-reported natal sex (1996)
	Female (n = 5226)	Male (n = 2605)	Total sample (n = 7831)
	% (n)
Current gender identity
Cisgender female	99.69 (5210)	0.00 (0)	66.53 (5210)
Cisgender male	0.00 (0)	99.62 (2595)	33.14 (2595)
Gender minority (Cross-sex identified, transgender, or do not identify)	0.31 (16)	0.38 (10)	0.33 (26)
Cross-sex identified	0.06 (3)	0.15 (4)	0.09 (7)
Transgender	0.06 (3)	0.08 (2)	0.06 (5)
Do not identify as female, male, or transgender	0.19 (10)	0.15 (4)	0.18 (14)

+Percentages are a function of sex (1996) column totals.
Note: Cross-Sex identified refers to respondents who endorsed a female natal sex and a male current gender identity, or a male natal sex and a female current gender identity.
Cisgender = Non-Gender Minority (concordant maternal-reported natal sex in 1996 and self-reported current gender identity in 2010).

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