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Table 1 Weighted frequencies for demographics in the Ontario trans population

From: Health care availability, quality, and unmet need: a comparison of transgender and cisgender residents of Ontario, Canada

 

All trans people

(n = 433)

Trans mena [1]

(n = 205)

Trans womenb

(n = 227)

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

Gender spectrum

 Trans men

52.8

(44.8, 62.0)

--

 

--

 

 Trans women

46.9

(37.8, 55.0)

--

 

--

 

Age

 16–24

33.2

(25.2, 43.1)

43.1

(34.6, 63.5)

23.9

(12.8, 47.0)

 25–34

29.1

(22.4, 37.0)

34.1

(21.1, 43.6)

35.0

(20.3, 49.5)

 35–44

16.4

(10.9, 22.4)

14.6

(4.9, 22.0)

16.9

(6.6, 27.9)

 45–54

12.5

(6.9, 18.5)

8.1

(1.6, 13.4)

11.2

(2.1, 17.1)

 55–64

6.3

(2.3, 9.8)

0

(---)

7.2

(0.7, 12.6)

 65+

2.5

(0.6, 5.0)

0

(---)

5.6

(1.4, 16.5)

Ethno-racial identitiesc

 White

87.8

(82.4, 92.6)

79.6

(69.2, 88.7)

92.6

(88.9, 99.2)

 Aboriginal

6.0

(2.9, 9.6)

7.4

(2.2, 15.9)

6.1

(1.0, 7.7)

 Asian

7.0

(3.5, 11.5)

12.3

(4.6, 25.7)

4.2

(0.9, 10.0)

 Latin American

3.5

(0.8, 7.0)

7.2

(1.9, 18.0)

0.0

(0.0, 0.0)

 Black

2.9

(0.8, 5.8)

4.6

(0.6, 7.5)

1.0

(0.0, 1.3)

 Middle Eastern

3.7

(1.1, 7.0)

7.0

(1.3, 13.1)

0.6

(0.0, 6.6)

 Other

3.8

(0.9, 7.1)

5.9

(0.6, 16.2)

0.6

(0.0, 5.0)

Aboriginal identity

 Non-Aboriginal

94.4

(91.2, 97.3)

95.4

(88.4, 98.9)

93.3

(92.3, 98.6)

 First Nations, Métis or Inuit

5.6

(2.7, 8.8)

4.6

(1.1, 11.6)

6.7

(1.4, 7.7)

Immigration history

 Immigrant

15.6

(9.9, 21.7)

22.1

(10.3, 34.5)

12.0

(4.9, 22.6)

 Non-immigrant

81.8

(75.5, 88.0)

77.9

(65.5, 89.7)

82.2

(70.0, 90.7)

 Other

2.5

(0.5, 5.4)

0.0

(---)

5.8

(0.7, 14.8)

Marital status

 Never married

61.0

(52.5, 69.0)

66.8

(55.4, 80.9)

62.0

(47.5, 78.6)

 Separated

7.8

(4.1, 12.7)

3.0

(0.4, 11.1)

11.1

(3.7, 24.9)

 Divorced

7.3

(3.5, 12.2)

3.9

(0.4, 6.4)

8.5

(0.4, 16.4)

 Widowed

0.2

(0.0, 1.0)

0.6

(0.0, 3.2)

0.0

(0.0, 0.1)

 Living common-law

9.3

(5.3, 14.3)

12.3

(4.0, 18.3)

3.6

(0.8, 16.3)

 Married

14.4

(8.6, 19.9)

13.4

(4.9, 22.5)

14.7

(3.5, 17.5)

Region of province

 Eastern Ontario

14.9

(7.4, 24.5)

19.4

(7.8, 40.9)

11.8

(0.5, 28.4)

 Central Ontario

16.8

(10.7, 25.0)

7.1

(1.0, 23.5)

26.4

(13.7, 41.6)

 Metropolitan Toronto

32.7

(21.5, 42.1)

39.8

(25.9, 64.5)

24.7

(11.4, 37.6)

 Southwestern Ontario

27.3

(16.7, 38.7)

29.7

(7.3, 32.5)

23.3

(7.3, 47.4)

 Northern Ontario

8.4

(3.0, 16.3)

4.0

(0.2, 6.8)

13.8

(1.4, 28.4)

Education

 High school not completed

12.5

(8.1, 18.7)

13.3

(4.1, 15.7)

12.4

(4.6, 21.3)

 High school graduate

16.2

(10.8, 21.5)

18.2

(11.9, 30.6)

13.2

(4.4, 21.7)

 Some postsecondary

28.2

(22.3, 35.6)

28.9

(22.3, 45.1)

31.3

(20.2, 45.7)

 College or university degree

35.6

(27.8, 42.7)

32.5

(18.7, 40.7)

37.7

(27.0, 53.3)

 Graduate or prof degree

7.6

(3.6, 11.6)

7.2

(1.5, 15.2)

5.5

(0.8, 8.1)

Current student

 Yes, full-time

23.3

(16.8, 31.0)

26.9

(19.2, 42.9)

19.0

(7.4, 32.0)

 Yes, Part-time

5.7

(3.6, 9.3)

7.7

(3.4, 14.6)

2.1

(0.2, 5.7)

 No

71.1

(62.4, 77.3)

65.4

(48.2, 73.2)

78.9

(65.6, 90.4)

Household income

 Less than $15, 000

29.4

(19.8, 37.4)

24.8

(14.7, 44.1)

31.1

(14.2, 44.4)

 $15, 000 to $29, 999

17.3

(11.4, 24.6)

16.7

(6.8, 23.9)

16.5

(8.2, 32.4)

 $30, 000 to $49, 999

23.3

(16.4, 31.9)

34.7

(21.1, 49.5)

10.8

(3.3, 21.3)

 $50, 000 to $79, 999

12.7

(7.4, 19.1)

10.4

(4.1, 17.4)

14.4

(3.6, 21.7)

 $80, 000 +

17.2

(10.7, 25.1)

13.4

(4.1, 22.4)

27.2

(14.0, 48.5)

Personal Income

 Less than $15, 000

48.2

(40.2, 57.9)

50.1

(38.7, 66.0)

49.4

(35.4, 67.2)

 $15, 000 to $29, 999

21.0

(14.8, 28.8)

20.6

(10.8, 31.5)

18.3

(6.4, 29.3)

 $30, 000 to $49, 999

17.1

(10.3, 22.5)

21.7

(9.3, 29.7)

8.5

(3.5, 20.2)

 $50, 000 to $79, 999

7.1

(3.0, 10.9)

3.2

(0.9, 8.0)

13.0

(3.3, 22.1)

 $80, 000 +

6.6

(2.7, 12.4)

4.5

(0.1, 12.7)

11.0

(1.4, 23.5)

Employment status

 Full-time job

42.5

(32.9, 53.5)

37.0

(24.8, 53.2)

45.8

(28.9, 66.8)

 More than one part-time job

12.8

(7.6, 19.2)

13.9

(6.4, 27.8)

13.2

(6.6, 29.3)

 One part-time job

24.1

(16.5, 34.3)

34.4

(18.0, 44.9)

11.7

(2.2, 14.8)

 Retired

1.7

(0.0, 6.6)

0.4

(0.0, 2.6)

5.8

(0.0, 20.7)

 Student (not working)

4.5

(1.1, 9.9)

5.6

(0.2, 20.6)

4.4

(0.0, 2.8)

 Unemployed

10.3

(3.7, 15.0)

6.4

(0.0, 11.5)

15.4

(2.5, 29.9)

 Permanently unable to work

4.1

(0.3, 7.1)

2.4

(0.0, 3.3)

3.6

(0.0, 10.0)

  1. aRespondents were categorized as trans men if they were female at birth and now identified as boy or man, FTM, trans boy or man, feel like a boy sometimes, she-male, two-spirit, intersex, crossdresser, genderqueer, or bigender
  2. bRespondents were categorized as trans women if they were male at birth and now identified as girl or women, MTF, trans girl or women, feel like a girl sometimes, she-male, two-spirit, intersex, crossdresser, genderqueer, or bigender
  3. cCheck all that apply; percentages may not add up to 100%