Exploring Individual and Structural Factors Associated with Employment Among Young Transgender Women of Color Using a No-Cost Transgender Legal Resource Center
| Autor: | Brandon J. Hill, Kris Rosentel, Trevor Bak, Michael Silverman, Richard Crosby, Laura Salazar, Michele Kipke |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Gerontology
lcsh:Special situations and conditions Short Report Medicine (miscellaneous) Transactional sex Women of color Logistic regression Transgender women transgender rights Gender Studies Resource center 03 medical and health sciences transgender health 0302 clinical medicine 5. Gender equality Political science Transgender 030212 general & internal medicine 10. No inequality Workplace discrimination structural intervention 030505 public health lcsh:RC952-1245 transgender Structural factor employment 0305 other medical science Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Transgender Health, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 29-34 (2017) Transgender Health |
| DOI: | 10.1089/TRGH.2016.0034 |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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