nonprobability quotasurvey of transgender people, not of the public

The Trevor Project

2024 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People · Sep 13, 2023 – Dec 16, 2023 · US national

Not a public-opinion poll. This surveys transgender people about their own lives, mostly through nonprobability community samples. It describes a population and is not comparable with polls of the general public.

Methodology

Pollster
The Trevor Project advocacy_left
Sponsor
The Trevor Project
Fielded
Sep 13, 2023 – Dec 16, 2023
Population
LGBTQ+ young people ages 13-24 living in the United States
Sample size
18,663
Sample frame
nonprobability quota
Mode
online survey recruited through targeted ads on social media
Margin of error
not disclosed
Weighting
not disclosed
Geography
US national
Base notes
transgender and nonbinary respondents reported as a subgroup throughout

Sources

Verification note. Percentages from the Trevor Project's published 2024 survey summary. NONPROBABILITY social-media-recruited sample; not projectable to all LGBTQ youth. Instrument wording not published.

Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.

Questions asked (2)

Surveys of trans peopleparaphrasedotherin a trend series
discrimination, threats, conversion-therapy exposure and access to gender-affirming care reported by transgender and nonbinary youth

[Instrument wording is not published on the public summary page. Items covered: discrimination because of gender identity; being physically threatened or harmed because of gender identity; being threatened with or subjected to conversion therapy; current use of hormones or puberty blockers; concern about losing access to hormone care; access to gender-neutral school bathrooms; whether household members respect the respondent's pronouns.]

Wording reconstructed from: The Trevor Project annual national survey summary page

Wording notes: self-selected respondents recruited by ads targeted at LGBTQ youth

unclear — verbatim wording unavailable; the advocacy-recruited sample frame is the dominant methodological caveat

Subgroup figures (11)

lgbtq_status

GroupSeriously considered attempting suicide in the past yearAttempted suicide in the past yearFelt discriminated against because of gender identityPhysically threatened or harmed because of gender identityThreatened with or subjected to conversion therapyCurrently taking gender-affirming hormonesCurrently taking puberty blockersConcerned about losing access to gender-affirming hormonesFound their school gender-affirmingNo household members respect their pronounsHave access to gender-neutral bathrooms at school
Transgender and nonbinary young people46%14%65%28%16%13%2%61%54%37%46%
Political salienceparaphrasedotherin a trend series
self-reported effect of recent anti-LGBTQ+ laws and politics on trans and nonbinary youth

[Instrument wording is not published on the public summary page. Items covered: whether recent politics and anti-LGBTQ+ laws negatively affected the respondent's wellbeing, feeling unsafe, and whether the respondent or their family considered moving to a different state.]

Wording reconstructed from: The Trevor Project annual national survey summary page

Wording notes: asks respondents to attribute their own distress to a named political cause, which invites acquiescence

unclear — verbatim wording unavailable; attribution-style items of this kind typically return very high agreement

Subgroup figures (2)

lgbtq_status

GroupNegatively impacted by recent politicsConsidered relocating because of anti-LGBTQ+ laws
All LGBTQ+ young people90%—
Transgender and nonbinary young people—45%

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