Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore individual and structural factors associated with employment among young transgender women (TW) of color. Methods: Sixty-five trans women of color were recruited from the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund to complete a 30-min interviewer-assisted survey assessing sociodemographics, housing, workplace discrimination, job-seeking self-efficacy, self-esteem, perceived public passability, and transactional sex work. Results: Logistic regression models revealed that stable housing (structural factor) and job-seeking self-efficacy (individual factor) were significantly associated with currently being employed. Conclusion: Our findings underscore the need for multilevel approaches to assist TW of color gain employment.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 29-34 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Transgender Health |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Brandon J. Hill et al. 2017; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2017.
Keywords
- employment
- structural intervention
- transgender
- transgender health
- transgender rights
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Gender Studies
- Medicine (miscellaneous)