Are transgender people satisfied with their lives?
Happiness
Life satisfaction
Subjective well-being
Transgender people
Journal
BMC public health
ISSN: 1471-2458
Titre abrégé: BMC Public Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100968562
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
30 05 2023
30 05 2023
Historique:
received:
07
02
2023
accepted:
06
05
2023
medline:
1
6
2023
pubmed:
31
5
2023
entrez:
30
5
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Our goal was to examine the proportion of transgender people satisfied with their lives (i.e., cognitive evaluation of life as a whole) and the determinants of life satisfaction level among transgender individuals. Data were taken from the HH-TPCHIGV study. Included were 104 transgender people who had joined self-help groups to get and share information about the gender-affirming surgeries performed at the Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. The established Satisfaction with Life Scale was used to quantify life satisfaction. Sociodemographic-, lifestyle-related and health-related determinants were included in multiple linear regressions. In regression analysis, life satisfaction served as outcome measure and in a robustness check ordered probit regressions were used. Among transgender people, 12.9% can be classified as "extremely dissatisfied", 18.3% can be classified as "dissatisfied", 12.9% can be classified as "slightly dissatisfied", 7.5% as "neutral", 30.1% as "slightly satisfied", 17.2% as "satisfied" and 1.1% as "extremely satisfied". Higher levels of life satisfaction were associated with higher age (β = .15, p < .05), higher school education (β = 5.54, p < .001), and favorable self-rated health (β = 2.20, p < .001). Nearly half of the transgender people were at least "satisfied" with their lives. Knowledge about the correlates of life satisfaction may assist in addressing unsatisfied individuals.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Our goal was to examine the proportion of transgender people satisfied with their lives (i.e., cognitive evaluation of life as a whole) and the determinants of life satisfaction level among transgender individuals.
METHODS
Data were taken from the HH-TPCHIGV study. Included were 104 transgender people who had joined self-help groups to get and share information about the gender-affirming surgeries performed at the Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. The established Satisfaction with Life Scale was used to quantify life satisfaction. Sociodemographic-, lifestyle-related and health-related determinants were included in multiple linear regressions. In regression analysis, life satisfaction served as outcome measure and in a robustness check ordered probit regressions were used.
RESULTS
Among transgender people, 12.9% can be classified as "extremely dissatisfied", 18.3% can be classified as "dissatisfied", 12.9% can be classified as "slightly dissatisfied", 7.5% as "neutral", 30.1% as "slightly satisfied", 17.2% as "satisfied" and 1.1% as "extremely satisfied". Higher levels of life satisfaction were associated with higher age (β = .15, p < .05), higher school education (β = 5.54, p < .001), and favorable self-rated health (β = 2.20, p < .001).
CONCLUSIONS
Nearly half of the transgender people were at least "satisfied" with their lives. Knowledge about the correlates of life satisfaction may assist in addressing unsatisfied individuals.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37254078
doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15831-4
pii: 10.1186/s12889-023-15831-4
pmc: PMC10227974
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1002Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s).
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