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About the National Data
Data
Data Source: Healthy People 2030 Database (Data2030), CDC/NCHS
Baseline: 2 national, population-based surveys collected data on (or for) transgender populations in 2016
Target: 4 surveys
Methodology
Methodology notes
The topic area workgroup will annually review federal, population-based surveys for their inclusion of transgender questions in the instrument. There are several dimensions of gender that can be measured: gender identity, gender expression, and gender dysphoria. Some surveys might aim to measure gender identity, or an individual's self-identified sense of gender. Others might be more interested in measuring gender expression, or an individual's external manifestation of gender. A survey may aim to identify individuals who experience gender dysphoria, the experience of a marked difference between self-identified gender and assigned gender.