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Table 1 Weighted background characteristics of trans people in Ontario, Canada (n=380)

From: Intervenable factors associated with suicide risk in transgender persons: a respondent driven sampling study in Ontario, Canada

Background variables

 

n = 380

% or \( \overline{x} \)

95 % CI

Age, years \( \left(\overline{x}\right) \)

32.7

(30.5, 35.0)

Gender spectrum (%)

  

 Female-to-male spectrum

52.6

(44.4, 60.8)

 Male-to-female spectrum

47.4

(39.2, 55.6)

Gender fluidity (%)

  

 Primarily fluid or third gender identity

17.7

(11.3, 24.1)

 Primarily masculine or feminine identity

82.3

(75.9, 88.7)

Ethnoracial group (%)

  

 Aboriginal

6.6

(3.2, 9.9)

 Non-Aboriginal white

77.3

(71.0, 83.6)

 Non-Aboriginal racialized

16.1

(10.6, 21.7)

Place of birth (%)

  

 Canada

80.3

(74.1, 86.6)

 Outside of Canada

19.7

(13.4, 25.9)

Sexual orientation (%)

  

 Lesbian, gay, bisexual or MSM/WSW

66.7

(59.2, 74.2)

 Straight

33.3

(25.8, 40.8)

Region of residence (%)

  

 Southeastern Ontario

10.8

(5.9, 15.7)

 South Central Ontario

16.4

(10.1, 22.7)

 Metropolitan Toronto

38.3

(30.3, 46.3)

 Southwestern Ontario

27.2

(18.7, 35.8)

 Northern Ontario

7.3

(2.9, 11.6)

Visual, hearing, communication or mobility disability (%)

12.4

(8.2, 16.7)

Parental status (young or grown children) (%)

25.6

(18.2, 32.9)

Strong religious upbringing (%)

23.7

(16.8, 30.7)

Childhood physical or sexual abuse (%)

70.7

(63.5, 78.0)

Major mental health disorder (%)

19.1

(13.4, 24.7)

Living with chronic illness or chronic pain (%)

18.0

(12.1, 23.9)