Table 2 Gender identity and hormone use experiences of the study participants
Variables | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Self-identified | |
 Female | 580 (42.2) |
 Third gender | 786 (57.2) |
 Uncertain | 8 (0.6) |
Frequency of dressing up as a woman | |
 All the time | 660 (48.0) |
 Not all the time | 715 (52.0) |
Ever used hormone/non-hormone substances | 618 (45.0) |
 Pill | 561 (40.8) |
 Injection | 252 (18.3) |
 Skin patches | 192 (14.0) |
How hormone/non-hormone substance hormone were injected | |
 Self-injection | 17 (6.5) |
 Injected by skilled personnel | 177 (67.8) |
 Injected by non-skilled personnel | 67 (25.7) |
Ever shared needles when injecting beauty substances | 20 (3.2) |
Ever had operation to change any parts of your body to become a woman | 127 (9.2) |