Table 1 Sample characteristics of transgender adults reporting hormone use in Massachusetts and Rhode Island (n = 379).
From: Gender affirming hormone therapy dosing behaviors among transgender and nonbinary adults
ALL N = 379 | Took more hormones than prescribed | Took less hormones than prescribed | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n = 90) | No (n = 283) | Yes (n = 215) | No (n = 161) | |||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Demographics | ||||||||||
Young adult | ||||||||||
Yes: (18–29) | 193 | 50.92 | 51 | 56.67 | 137 | 48.41 | 106 | 49.30 | 85 | 52.80 |
No (30+) | 186 | 49.08 | 39 | 43.33 | 146 | 51.59 | 109 | 50.70 | 76 | 47.20 |
Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||
White, non-Hispanic | 309 | 81.96 | 69 | 77.53 | 238 | 84.40 | 174 | 81.31 | 133 | 83.12 |
Person of color | ||||||||||
Total | 68 | 18.04 | 20 | 22.47 | 44 | 15.60 | 40 | 18.69 | 27 | 16.88 |
Asian/Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) | 14 | 3.71 | 7 | 7.87 | 5 | 1.77 | 6 | 2.80 | 8 | 5.00 |
Black (non-Hispanic) | 13 | 3.45 | 6 | 6.74 | 5 | 1.77 | 8 | 3.74 | 4 | 2.50 |
Middle Eastern/North African (non-Hispanic) | 5 | 1.33 | 1 | 1.12 | 4 | 1.42 | 2 | 0.93 | 3 | 1.88 |
Hispanic/Latinx | 10 | 2.65 | 2 | 2.25 | 8 | 2.84 | 7 | 3.27 | 3 | 1.88 |
Multiple race/ethnicity | 26 | 6.90 | 4 | 4.49 | 22 | 7.80 | 17 | 7.94 | 9 | 5.62 |
Gender spectrum | ||||||||||
Transfeminine | 124 | 32.72 | 40 | 44.44 | 81 | 28.62 | 59 | 27.44 | 63 | 39.13 |
Transmasculine | 168 | 44.33 | 30 | 33.33 | 136 | 48.06 | 99 | 46.05 | 68 | 42.24 |
Nonbinary | 87 | 22.96 | 20 | 22.22 | 66 | 23.32 | 57 | 26.51 | 30 | 18.63 |
Employed for wages | ||||||||||
No | 115 | 30.34 | 31 | 34.44 | 82 | 28.98 | 58 | 26.98 | 56 | 34.78 |
Yes | 264 | 69.66 | 59 | 65.56 | 201 | 71.02 | 157 | 73.02 | 105 | 65.22 |
Low income | ||||||||||
No | 173 | 46.64 | 45 | 51.14 | 127 | 45.68 | 91 | 43.33 | 82 | 51.57 |
Yes | 198 | 53.37 | 43 | 48.86 | 151 | 24.32 | 119 | 56.67 | 77 | 48.43 |
Health care indicators and experiences | ||||||||||
Health insurance covers hormone therapy | ||||||||||
Yes | 321 | 84.70 | 74 | 82.22 | 245 | 86.57 | 172 | 80.00 | 148 | 91.93 |
No/No insurance | 58 | 15.30 | 16 | 17.78 | 38 | 13.43 | 43 | 20.00 | 13 | 8.07 |
Have same provider for primary and gender-affirming care | ||||||||||
No | 91 | 25.63 | 14 | 16.87 | 76 | 28.25 | 44 | 21.89 | 47 | 30.72 |
Yes | 264 | 74.37 | 69 | 83.13 | 193 | 71.75 | 157 | 78.11 | 106 | 69.28 |
Received routine care in the past year | ||||||||||
No | 63 | 17.07 | 67 | 76.14 | 236 | 85.82 | 177 | 83.89 | 128 | 82.58 |
Yes | 306 | 82.93 | 21 | 23.86 | 39 | 14.18 | 34 | 16.11 | 27 | 17.42 |
Received mental health treatment in the past year | ||||||||||
No | 255 | 67.28 | 33 | 36.67 | 86 | 30.39 | 60 | 27.91 | 61 | 37.89 |
Yes | 124 | 32.72 | 57 | 63.33 | 197 | 69.61 | 155 | 72.09 | 100 | 62.11 |
Avoided routine care due to gender-based mistreatment in the past year | ||||||||||
No | 284 | 81.14 | 64 | 75.29 | 218 | 83.21 | 163 | 79.90 | 120 | 82.76 |
Yes | 66 | 18.86 | 21 | 24.71 | 44 | 16.79 | 41 | 20.10 | 25 | 17.24 |
Avoided routine care due to cost in the past year | ||||||||||
No | 260 | 74.50 | 60 | 71.43 | 200 | 76.05 | 145 | 70.73 | 115 | 79.86 |
Yes | 89 | 25.50 | 24 | 28.57 | 63 | 23.95 | 60 | 29.27 | 29 | 20.14 |
Provider refused treatment in the past year | ||||||||||
No | 326 | 93.68 | 77 | 91.67 | 246 | 94.25 | 186 | 92.54 | 139 | 95.21 |
Yes | 22 | 6.32 | 7 | 8.33 | 15 | 5.75 | 15 | 7.46 | 7 | 4.79 |
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
Number of major gender-based discrimination experiences (continuous) | 1.74 | 1.88 | 2.40 | 2.35 | 1.54 | 1.66 | 1.86 | 2.05 | 1.64 | 1.68 |
