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Table 2 Means or frequencies of intervenable variables (social support, transphobia, and transition) and suicidality among 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

 

n = 380

 

% or \( \overline{x} \)

95 % CI

Social Support

  

Social support \( \left(\overline{x}\right) \)

3.5

(3.3, 3.6)

Strong parental support for gender (%)a

28.5

(21.6, 35.4)

Strong family support for gender (%)a

60.5

(52.2, 68.7)

Strong support from leaders (%)a

47.4

(38.1, 56.8)

Strong support from peers (%)a

86.1

(80.3, 91.9)

Religiosity or spirituality \( \left(\overline{x}\right) \)

3.0

(2.7, 3.3)

Having ≥1 ID concordant with lived gender (%)b

51.1

(41.8, 60.5)

Transphobia

  

Transphobia scale \( \left(\overline{x}\right) \)

14.1

(13.0, 15.1)

Transphobic violence (%)

  

 None

44.0

(35.6, 52.3)

 Verbal harassment or threats

34.9

(27.5, 42.2)

 Physical or sexual assault

21.2

(15.0, 27.3)

Transition

  

Medical transition status (%)c

  

 Completed

35.3

(27.6, 42.9)

 In process

31.8

(24.6, 39.0)

 Planning, but not begun

32.9

(24.9, 40.9)

Social transition status (%)

  

 Full-time

53.3

(44.7, 61.9)

 Part-time

26.9

(19.8, 34.1)

 Not living in core gender

19.8

(12.1, 27.4)

Current hormone use (%)c

57.6

(49.1, 66.1)

Being socially seen as cisgender (%)b

  

 Almost always or always

45.5

(35.3, 55.6)

 About half time or often

25.5

(17.7, 33.2)

 Rarely or never

29.0

(19.7, 38.4)

Suicidality

  

Seriously considered suicide, past yr (%)

35.1

(27.6, 42.5)

Attempted suicide, past yr (%)

11.2

(6.0, 16.4)

  1. aSupport variables include either indication of – or expectation of – strong support
  2. bamong those living full-time in a non-fluid gender (n = 251)
  3. camong those reporting need to medically transition sex (n = 346)