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Table 3 Odds of better self-rated health by trans-related state policies and race

From: Racial/ethnic differences in the association between transgender-related U.S. state policies and self-rated health of transgender women

 

Unadjusted Models

Adjusted Modelsb

 
 

Policy

Policy

Person of Color

Access Policies

OR

95% CI

aOR

95% CI

aOR

95% CI

Private insurers can’t deny coverage on the basis of gender identity

1.30

0.96-1.77

1.10

0.80-1.52

1.34

1.08-1.68**

Private insurers required to cover gender-affirming care

1.39

1.04-1.85*

1.13

0.87-1.46

1.35

1.08-1.68**

Medicaid covers gender-affirming care

1.34

1.02-1.75*

1.05

0.82-1.34

1.34

1.08-1.68**

Publications not required for name change

1.03

0.73-1.44

0.90

0.69-1.16

1.34

1.07-1.67*

Name change requirements not dependent on criminal record

1.56

1.24-1.97***

1.09

0.82-1.44

1.34

1.08-1.67**

Accessible driver’s license gender marker change requirements

1.31

0.96-1.80

1.03

0.73-1.45

1.34

1.07-1.68**

Accessible birth certificate gender marker change requirements

1.36

1.01-1.83*

1.08

0.77-1.52

1.35

1.08-1.68**

Equality Policies

 Gender identity protected in housing and public accommodations nondiscrimination lawa

1.24

0.92-1.66

1.10

0.84-1.45

1.34

1.08-1.67**

 Gender identity protected in credit nondiscrimination law

1.38

1.02-1.86*

1.09

0.68-1.73

1.34

1.08-1.68**

 Transgender panic defense inadmissible

1.07

0.69-1.66

1.12

0.80-1.58

1.34

1.07-1.67**

 Gender identity protected in hate crime law

1.58

1.19-2.10**

1.12

0.83-1.53

1.34

1.08-1.67**

Indices

 Access Index

1.10

1.03-1.16**

1.02

0.95-1.09

1.35

1.08-1.68**

 Equality Index

1.09

1.01-1.17*

1.03

0.95-1.12

1.34

1.08-1.67**

Race

 Person of Color

1.40

1.14-1.72**

    
  1. aAll states that included gender identity protects in housing law also included them in public accommodations law
  2. bModels adjust for structural vulnerability class membership, age, study modality, migration history, local population density and state unemployment, income inequality, percent Black, and percent Latinx
  3. *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001