Demographics of trans participants by gender identity and cisgender participants
Demographic | Trans men (n=147) | Trans women (n=88) | Non-binary (n=244) | In another way (n=21) | Trans total (n=500) | Cisgender total (n=3007) | ||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Sexuality*** | ||||||||||||
Gay/lesbian/homosexual | 28 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 57 | 23 | 3 | 14 | 105 | 21 | 2228 | 74 |
Bisexual | 40 | 27 | 31 | 35 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 113 | 23 | 592 | 20 |
Straight/heterosexual | 14 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 0.2 |
Queer | 37 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 81 | 33 | 5 | 24 | 131 | 26 | 92 | 3 |
Asexual | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 33 | 7 | 9 | 0.3 |
In another way | 21 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 43 | 18 | 7 | 33 | 87 | 17 | 79 | 3 |
Has sex with*** | ||||||||||||
Men | 104 | 71 | 56 | 64 | 137 | 56 | 12 | 57 | 309 | 62 | 2138 | 71 |
Women | 100 | 68 | 65 | 74 | 188 | 77 | 12 | 57 | 365 | 73 | 1590 | 53 |
Non-binary | 71 | 48 | 45 | 51 | 164 | 67 | 12 | 57 | 292 | 58 | 437 | 15 |
Age band (years)*** | ||||||||||||
18–24 | 96 | 65 | 31 | 35 | 123 | 50 | 10 | 48 | 260 | 52 | 1020 | 34 |
25–34 | 35 | 24 | 19 | 22 | 83 | 34 | 8 | 38 | 145 | 29 | 1193 | 40 |
35–49 | 13 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 33 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 74 | 15 | 619 | 21 |
50+ | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 170 | 6 |
Ethnicity | ||||||||||||
White | 143 | 97 | 86 | 98 | 227 | 93 | 18 | 86 | 474 | 95 | 2889 | 96 |
Person of colour | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 114 | 4 |
Country of birth | ||||||||||||
UK | 133 | 90 | 78 | 89 | 205 | 84 | 16 | 76 | 432 | 86 | 2634 | 88 |
Not UK | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 43 | 9 | 307 | 10 |
Education*** | ||||||||||||
University or higher | 46 | 31 | 37 | 42 | 121 | 50 | 8 | 38 | 212 | 42 | 1741 | 58 |
Qualifications at 18 years | 79 | 54 | 35 | 40 | 103 | 42 | 8 | 38 | 225 | 45 | 898 | 30 |
Qualifications at 16 years or lower | 19 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 50 | 10 | 296 | 10 |
Work status*** | ||||||||||||
Full-time | 38 | 26 | 37 | 42 | 80 | 33 | 9 | 43 | 164 | 33 | 1774 | 59 |
Part-time | 17 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 55 | 11 | 276 | 9 |
Student | 51 | 35 | 15 | 17 | 70 | 29 | 2 | 10 | 138 | 28 | 550 | 18 |
Unemployed | 15 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 8 | 85 | 3 |
Other (sick leave, retired, carer) | 24 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 46 | 19 | 5 | 24 | 92 | 18 | 298 | 10 |
Relationship status*** | ||||||||||||
Living with partner | 35 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 71 | 29 | 7 | 33 | 135 | 27 | 1175 | 39 |
Relationship not living with partner | 45 | 31 | 21 | 24 | 65 | 27 | 5 | 24 | 136 | 27 | 680 | 23 |
Relationship with multiple | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 34 | 7 | 69 | 2 |
Single | 61 | 41 | 40 | 45 | 87 | 36 | 7 | 33 | 195 | 39 | 1079 | 36 |
Location** | ||||||||||||
Outside London | 136 | 93 | 78 | 89 | 228 | 93 | 15 | 71 | 457 | 91 | 2643 | 88 |
London | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 36 | 7 | 347 | 12 |
Country* | ||||||||||||
England | 112 | 76 | 69 | 78 | 181 | 74 | 19 | 90 | 381 | 76 | 2423 | 81 |
Northern Ireland | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 91 | 3 |
Scotland | 20 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 34 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 67 | 13 | 310 | 10 |
Wales | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 7 | 166 | 6 |
Recent sexual health clinic attendance*** | 42 | 29 | 17 | 20 | 68 | 29 | 5 | 25 | 132 | 27 | 1075 | 36 |
Ever had an HIV test*** | 65 | 45 | 44 | 50 | 124 | 51 | 11 | 52 | 224 | 49 | 1051 | 64 |
Significance between cisgender and trans participants.
*p<0.05 **p<0.01 ***p<0.001.