Transgender Adults Have Higher Rates Of Disability Than Their Cisgender Counterparts.

Madeline Smith-Johnson
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In the US population, the burden of disability among transgender adults compared with their cisgender peers is largely unknown. This study used seven years of pooled cross-sectional data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to examine how disability varies by gender across age groups. I present a series of nested logistic regression models to show the adjusted probability of disability among adults. Transgender adults have a higher probability of reporting a disability compared with cisgender men and women. After confounders are controlled for, transgender adults have a 27 percent chance of having at least one disability at age twenty and a 39 percent chance at age fifty-five, which is nearly twice the rate of their cisgender counterparts at both ages. The findings show the importance of considering disability from a life-course perspective, the effect of intersectional identities on disability risk, and the urgency of targeted health interventions for transgender people in the US.

变性成年人的残疾率高于他们的顺性同龄人。
在美国人口中,变性成年人与顺性同龄人相比的残疾负担在很大程度上是未知的。这项研究使用了行为风险因素监测系统(Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System) 7年来汇总的横截面数据,以检查残疾在不同年龄群体中的性别差异。我提出了一系列嵌套的逻辑回归模型来显示成人中残疾的调整概率。与顺性男性和女性相比,变性成年人报告残疾的可能性更高。在控制混杂因素后,变性成年人在20岁时至少有一种残疾的几率为27%,在55岁时有39%的几率,这几乎是他们的顺性别同龄人在两个年龄段的两倍。研究结果表明,从生命历程的角度考虑残疾的重要性,交叉身份对残疾风险的影响,以及对美国跨性别者进行有针对性的健康干预的紧迫性。
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