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Proportion of people identified as transgender and non-binary gender in Brazil
Studies estimate that gender-diverse persons represent 0.1 to 2% of populations investigated, but no such assessment was performed in Latin America. In a representative sample of Brazil’s adult population (n = 6000), we investigated participants' sociodemographic characteristics and possible as...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7838397/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33500432 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81411-4 |
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author | Spizzirri, Giancarlo Eufrásio, Raí Lima, Maria Cristina Pereira de Carvalho Nunes, Hélio Rubens Kreukels, Baudewijntje P. C. Steensma, Thomas D. Abdo, Carmita Helena Najjar |
author_facet | Spizzirri, Giancarlo Eufrásio, Raí Lima, Maria Cristina Pereira de Carvalho Nunes, Hélio Rubens Kreukels, Baudewijntje P. C. Steensma, Thomas D. Abdo, Carmita Helena Najjar |
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description | Studies estimate that gender-diverse persons represent 0.1 to 2% of populations investigated, but no such assessment was performed in Latin America. In a representative sample of Brazil’s adult population (n = 6000), we investigated participants' sociodemographic characteristics and possible associations between these and current gender identity, categorized as cisgender, transgender or non-binary gender. We also investigated transgender individuals' distress associated with gender-related body characteristics. As main results, we found that transgender individuals represented 0.69% (CI95% = 0.48–0.90) of the sample, whereas non-binary persons were 1.19% (CI95% = 0.92–1.47). These percentages were not different among Brazil’s 5 geographic regions. Preliminary analyses showed that transgender individuals were on average younger (32.8 ± 14.2 years, CI95% = 28.5–37.1), compared to cisgender (42.2 ± 15.9, CI95% = 42.5–42.8) and non-binary (42.1 ± 16.5 years, CI95% = 38.3–46.5) groups. Non-binary persons are less likely to be in a relationship compared to cisgender individuals (OR = 0.57, CI95% = 0.35–0.93). In the transgender group, 85% of transgender men and 50% of transgender women reported distress due to gender-related body characteristics. Our main findings draw attention that gender-diverse Brazilian individuals represent around 2% of the country's adult population (almost 3 million people), and are homogeneously located throughout the country, reiterating the urgency of public health policies for these individuals in the five Brazilian sub-regions. |
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spelling | pubmed-78383972021-01-28 Proportion of people identified as transgender and non-binary gender in Brazil Spizzirri, Giancarlo Eufrásio, Raí Lima, Maria Cristina Pereira de Carvalho Nunes, Hélio Rubens Kreukels, Baudewijntje P. C. Steensma, Thomas D. Abdo, Carmita Helena Najjar Sci Rep Article Studies estimate that gender-diverse persons represent 0.1 to 2% of populations investigated, but no such assessment was performed in Latin America. In a representative sample of Brazil’s adult population (n = 6000), we investigated participants' sociodemographic characteristics and possible associations between these and current gender identity, categorized as cisgender, transgender or non-binary gender. We also investigated transgender individuals' distress associated with gender-related body characteristics. As main results, we found that transgender individuals represented 0.69% (CI95% = 0.48–0.90) of the sample, whereas non-binary persons were 1.19% (CI95% = 0.92–1.47). These percentages were not different among Brazil’s 5 geographic regions. Preliminary analyses showed that transgender individuals were on average younger (32.8 ± 14.2 years, CI95% = 28.5–37.1), compared to cisgender (42.2 ± 15.9, CI95% = 42.5–42.8) and non-binary (42.1 ± 16.5 years, CI95% = 38.3–46.5) groups. Non-binary persons are less likely to be in a relationship compared to cisgender individuals (OR = 0.57, CI95% = 0.35–0.93). In the transgender group, 85% of transgender men and 50% of transgender women reported distress due to gender-related body characteristics. Our main findings draw attention that gender-diverse Brazilian individuals represent around 2% of the country's adult population (almost 3 million people), and are homogeneously located throughout the country, reiterating the urgency of public health policies for these individuals in the five Brazilian sub-regions. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7838397/ /pubmed/33500432 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81411-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Spizzirri, Giancarlo Eufrásio, Raí Lima, Maria Cristina Pereira de Carvalho Nunes, Hélio Rubens Kreukels, Baudewijntje P. C. Steensma, Thomas D. Abdo, Carmita Helena Najjar Proportion of people identified as transgender and non-binary gender in Brazil |
title | Proportion of people identified as transgender and non-binary gender in Brazil |
title_full | Proportion of people identified as transgender and non-binary gender in Brazil |
title_fullStr | Proportion of people identified as transgender and non-binary gender in Brazil |
title_full_unstemmed | Proportion of people identified as transgender and non-binary gender in Brazil |
title_short | Proportion of people identified as transgender and non-binary gender in Brazil |
title_sort | proportion of people identified as transgender and non-binary gender in brazil |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7838397/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33500432 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81411-4 |
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