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Table 1 TRUTH Cohort – Demographic characteristics by gender identity (N = 108)

From: Health and service utilization among a sample of gender-diverse youth of color: the TRUTH study

Variable

Categories

TGDa Youth Total (N = 108)

Binary TGD Youth (n = 38)

Nonbinary TGD Youth (n = 70)

P-value

Race n (%)

Black only

Latinx only

Multi-Racial/Ethnic and Other identitiesb

19 (18)

42 (39)

47 (43)

8 (21)

18 (47)

12 (32)

11 (16)

24 (34)

35 (50)

0.18

Age

Mean (SDc)

21.39 (2.09)

21.03 (2.31)

21.58 (1.95)

0.19

Age Category n (%)

 < 18 years

18 – 20 years

21 – 25 years

8 (7)

30 (27)

70 (65)

3 (8)

15 (40)

20 (53)

5 (7)

15 (21)

50 (71)

0.12

Sex Designated at Birth n (%)

Male

Female

23 (21)

85 (79)

8 (21)

30 (79)

15 (21)

55 (79)

0.96

Residential Status n (%)

Family

Own place/apartment

With friends/partner

No regular place/other

49 (45)

27 (25)

14 (13)

18 (17)

14 (37)

7 (18)

5 (13)

12 (32)

35 (50)

20 (29)

9 (13)

6 (9)

0.02

Education n (%)

Less than high schoold

High school/GED

Vocational school & some college

AA to Bachelor & beyond

16 (15)

26 (24)

51 (48)

14 (13)

9 (24)

13 (34)

14 (37)

2 (5)

7 (10)

13 (19)

37 (54)

12 (17)

0.02

Employment Status n (%)

Yes, Part-time

Yes, Full-time

Not working & not looking

Not working & looking

41 (38)

17 (16)

14 (13)

35 (33)

14 (38)

5 (13)

7 (19)

11 (30)

27 (39)

12 (17)

7 (10)

24 (34)

0.61

Food Security n (%)

Food security

Food insecurity

Hunger

42 (39)

25 (23)

41 (38)

17 (45)

11 (29)

10 (26)

25 (36)

14 (20)

31 (44)

0.18

Basic Needs n (%)

Did not run out money

1–3 times a month

1 + a week

33 (31)

57 (53)

16 (15)

13 (35)

18 (49)

6 (16)

20 (29)

39 (57)

10 (15)

0.73

Primary partner (last 6 months) n (%)

Yes

61 (57)

18 (72)

43 (71)

0.89

Sex Exchange (last 6 months) n (%)

Yes

31 (29)

13 (34)

18 (26)

0.38

History of foster care n (%)

Yes

8 (7)

5 (13)

3 (4)

0.13

History of incarceration n (%)h

Yes

5 (5)

2 (5)

3 (4)

0.58

  1. aTGD transgender and gender diverse
  2. bOther identities include Asian/Pacific Islander and Indigenous
  3. cSD standard deviation
  4. d6 participants who reported “Less than high school” were ages 19 or older (4 binary TGD; 2 nonbinary)
  5. eParticipants were not asked to differentiate between cisgender men and trans men
  6. fParticipants were not asked to differentiate between cisgender women and trans women
  7. gParticipants were not asked to differentiate between trans women, trans men, or nonbinary partners
  8. hEver been sent to jail or prison for any reason