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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of transgender participants, by gender identity among transgender and non-binary participants

From: Substance use patterns among a global sample of transgender and non-binary people during the COVID-19 pandemic

 

Non-binary

n = 620 (67.0%)

Transfeminine

n = 231 (25.0%)

Transmasculine

n = 75 (8.1%)

P value

Tobacco

0.38

 No

273 (44.0%)

89 (38.5%)

30 (40.0%)

 Yes

327 (52.7%)

133 (57.6%)

38 (50.7%)

 Missing

20 (3.2%)

9 (3.9%)

7 (9.3%)

Alcohol

0.04

 No

192 (31.0%)

81 (35.1%)

15 (20.0%)

 Yes

411 (66.3%)

144 (62.3%)

59 (78.7%)

 Missing

17 (2.7%)

6 (2.6%)

1 (1.3%)

Cannabis

0.36

 No

470 (75.8%)

185 (80.1%)

56 (74.7%)

 Yes

97 (15.6%)

28 (12.1%)

9 (12.0%)

 Missing

53 (8.5%)

18 (7.8%)

10 (13.3%)

Socioeconomic status

0.03

 Lower

78 (12.6%)

31 (13.4%)

14 (18.7%)

 Lower middle

252 (40.7%)

75 (32.5%)

19 (25.3%)

 Upper middle

171 (27.6%)

64 (27.7%)

25 (33.3%)

 Upper

32 (5.2%)

22 (9.5%)

4 (5.3%)

 Missing

87 (14.0%)

39 (16.9%)

13 (17.3%)

Education

0.11

 Did not complete secondary school

30 (4.8%)

11 (4.8%)

8 (10.7%)

 Completed secondary or trade school

154 (24.8%)

65 (28.1%)

21 (28.0%)

 Attended or completed higher education

355 (57.3%)

120 (52.0%)

34 (45.3%)

 Missing

81 (13.1%)

35 (15.2%)

12 (16.0%)

Age category

0.003

 ≤ 25

173 (27.9%)

68 (29.4%)

20 (26.7%)

 25–40

310 (50.0%)

123 (53.3%)

25 (33.3%)

 > 40

137 (22.1%)

40 (17.3%)

30 (40.0%)

 Missing

0

0

0

Refused health services

0.03

 No

263 (42.4%)

84 (36.4%)

28 (37.3%)

 Yes

95 (15.3%)

49 (21.2%)

6 (8.0%)

 Missing

262 (42.3%)

98 (42.4%)

41 (54.7%)

Refused police services

0.16

 No

220 (35.5%)

72 (31.2%)

23 (30.7%)

 Yes

110 (17.7%)

54 (23.4%)

12 (16.0%)

 Missing

290 (46.8%)

105 (45.5%)

40 (53.3%)

Disability status

0.82

 No

427 (68.9%)

156 (67.5%)

48 (64.0%)

 Yes

58 (9.4%)

24 (10.4%)

8 (10.7%)

 Missing

135 (21.8%)

51 (22.1%)

19 (25.3%)

Lost job due to COVID-19

0.67

 No

424 (68.4%)

156 (67.5%)

45 (60.0%)

 Yes

46 (7.4%)

16 (6.9%)

7 (9.3%)

 Missing

150 (24.2%)

59 (25.5%)

23 (30.7%)

Rurality/urbanicity

0.02

 Rural

45 (6.9%)

11 (4.8%)

3 (4.0%)

 Small city

140 (22.6%)

39 (16.9%)

7 (9.3%)

 Large city

353 (56.9%)

145 (62.8%)

53 (70.7%)

 Missing

84 (13.6%)

36 (15.6%)

12 (16.0%)

Region

< 0.001

 European

312 (50.3%)

142 (61.5%)

40 (53.3%)

 American

67 (10.8%)

22 (9.5%)

12 (16.0%)

 South East Asian

159 (25.7%)

14 (6.1%)

9 (12.0%)

 Eastern Mediterranean

30 (4.8%)

28 (12.1%)

4 (5.3%)

 Western Pacific

17 (2.7%)

6 (2.6%)

4 (5.3%)

 African

3 (0.5%)

5 (2.2%)

1 (1.3%)

 Missing

32 (5.2%)

14 (6.1%)

5 (5.7%)

  1. “Missing” represents values missing for corresponding variables before multiple imputation by chained equation (MICE). MICE was conducted using all presented covariates as predictors for the missing values
  2. P values are reported using \({\chi }^{2}\) tests for categories with ≥ 5 entries per cell, and Fisher’s exact test for categories with < 5 entries per cell
  3. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, COVID-19 novel coronavirus disease 2019, EUR European Region, AMR Americas Region, SEAR Southeast Asian Region, EMR Eastern Mediterranean Region, WPR Western Pacific Region, AFR African Region