title: Transgender health in Massachusetts: results from a household probability sample of adults.
abstract: Despite higher rates of unemployment and poverty among transgender adults (n = 131; 0.5% weighted) than among nontransgender adults (n = 28,045) in our population-based Massachusetts household sample, few health differences were observed between transgender and nontransgender adults. Transgender adults who are stably housed and participated in a telephone health survey may represent the healthiest segment of the transgender population. Our findings demonstrate a need for diverse sampling approaches to monitor transgender health, including adding transgender measures to population-based surveys, and further highlight economic inequities that warrant intervention.
authors.affiliation: Institute on Urban Health Research at Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA. kconron@post.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Kerith J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Conron
authors.forename: Gunner
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Grace Sterling
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Stowell
authors.forename: Stewart J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Landers
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014189:Transsexualism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult
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