Journal article
Heavy episodic drinking among transgender persons: Disparities and predictors
Drug and alcohol dependence, v 167, pp 156-162
01 Oct 2016
PMID: 27542688
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Abstract
Background: Drawing on a survey of transgender people in Canada's most populous province, we estimate the frequency of heavy episodic drinking (HED), compare HED prevalence to the age-standardized background population, and examine associations with socio-demographics, gender transition, and social exclusion.
Methods: 433 transgender persons aged 16+ completed a respondent-driven sampling survey in 2009-2010. Analyses were weighted using RDS II methods, including frequencies and prevalence ratios. Overall and sex-specific estimates of HED among Ontario residents in the 2009-2010 Canadian Community Health Survey (n = 39,980) were standardized to the overall and gender-specific transgender age distributions.
Results: Estimated prevalence of HED at least monthly among transgender Ontarians was 33.2% (95% CI: 26.3, 40.1), 1.5 times greater than expected based on the age-standardized Ontario population. Trans masculine (female-to-male spectrum) persons were more likely than transfeminine persons to report HED (42.2% versus 22.7%), an effect robust to covariate adjustment. Current sex work was associated with greater HED, but gender transition and social exclusion factors were not.
Conclusion: Gendered pathways to alcohol misuse, particularly among transmasculine persons, warrant further research and intervention development. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Title
- Heavy episodic drinking among transgender persons: Disparities and predictors
- Creators
- Ayden I. Scheim - Western UniversityGreta R. Bauer - Western UniversityMostafa Shokoohi - Western University
- Publication Details
- Drug and alcohol dependence, v 167, pp 156-162
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 7
- Grant note
- Ontario Trillium Scholarship MOP-106478 / Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Gender and Health; Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships Trudeau Foundation
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000385325100021
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84995478948
- Other Identifier
- 991020100193104721
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