Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants identifying as transgender in the EU LGBT Survey 2012 (n = 6,221)
| Â | n (%) |
Sex assigned at birth | |
 Female | 2 367 (38.0%) |
 Male | 3 854 (62.0%) |
Age | |
 18–29 years | 2 809 (45.2%) |
 30–39 years | 1 416 (22.8%) |
 40–49 years | 1 093 (17.6%) |
 50–59 years | 647 (10.4%) |
 60 years or older | 256 (4.1%) |
Ethnic minority status | |
 Ethnic minority | 435 (7.0%) |
Level of education | |
 Less than university | 3 350 (53.8%) |
 University education | 2 871 (46.2%) |
Household income | |
 Under the lowest quartile | 2 391 (38.4%) |
 Between the lowest quartile and median | 1 554 (25.0%) |
 Between the median and highest quartile | 1 226 (19.7%) |
 Above the highest quartile | 1 050 (16.9%) |
Urbanicity | |
 Living in an urban area | 5 351 (86.0%) |
 Living in a rural area | 870 (14.0%) |
Relationship status | |
 Single | 2 959 (47.6%) |
 In a relationship, not living with a partner | 1 422 (22.9%) |
 Live with a partner | 1 840 (29.6%) |
Sexual orientation | |
 Lesbian | 1 111 (17.9%) |
 Gay | 1 443 (23.2%) |
 Bisexual | 1 752 (28.2%) |
 Heterosexual | 894 (14.4%) |
 Other | 736 (11.8%) |
 Don’t know | 285 (4.6%) |