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| Jan Wålinder TRANSSEXUALISM A STUDY OF FORTY-THREE CASES |
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Social adjustment
Enquiries at various social agencies revealed the following concerning the transsexuals and the controls-three times the number of the transsexuals-used in the analysis of family background (see page 68):
| Transsexuals (N=38) | Controls (N= 112) | |||
| No. | % | No. | % | |
| Social assistance | ||||
| Two consecutive years at most | 7 | 19 | 11 | 10 |
| More often | 6 | 16 | 5 | 4 |
| Reported for intemperance to temperance councils | ||||
| Once only | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| More than once | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| (N~ 114) | ||||
| Reported to child welfare boards for delinquency | 7 | 18 | 9 | 8 |
As to the first two factors it was impossible to get complete data for two of the controls.
A probably significantly greater number of transsexuals got social assistance for more than two years (p<0.05). Otherwise there were no significant differences.
Up until September 1, 1965, the transsexuals had been sick-listed for altogether 10,744 days against 8,288 days for the controls, who were three times their number. The transsexuals were sick-listed for mental disorder for 8,000 of the 10,744 days, and the controls for 1232 days. Four patients, or 11 per cent, had never been sick-listed, against 27 of the controls, or 24 per cent; the difference is not statistically significant.
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