Drydakis (2016): study GB 2012

Publication

Author(s):

Drydakis, N.

Title:

Transgenderism, Sex Reassignment Surgery and Employees' Job-Satisfaction

Source:

Kollen, T. (Ed.), 2016, "Sexual Orientation and Transgender Issues in Organizations", Springer International, Switzerland, 83 - 99

Investigation

Public

Transgender men and women, before and after sex reassignment surgery, UK, 2012-2014

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Non-probability self-selected

Respondents

N = 40

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Selected subjects were interviewed twice a year 2012-2014

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

".....satisfaction with life in general....."
( Full question not reported )
5  very satisfied
4  satisfied
3  mixed feelings
2  dissatisfied
1  very dissatisfied

Classification:

O-SL?-?-sq-v-5-c

Author's label:

satisfaction with life

Remarks:

Distribution is the average of the first and final data volume.

Page in publication:

91

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 3.7%,   2: 21.2%,   3: 56.2%,   4: 18.7%,   5: 0%   (total 99.8%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10

Mean:

2.90 5.09

SD:

0.73 1.90

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding change happiness after (vs before) sex reassignment Earlier sex reassignment
Phase of sex reassignment
female to male, male to female health status Global health self-rating femininity/masculinity Gender roles
Masculine (vs feminine) adverse mental health symptoms (CES-D) Scores on symptom inventories
Depressive (f31-33) job satisfaction Satisfaction with work-as-a-whole