Transgender people make up about 1% of the U.S. population, yet surveys show people perceive they make up 20%. What can psychologists tell us about our tendency to overestimate minority groups and how that might influence the political landscape?
, so we lack large-scale demographic data. Instead, researchers rely on survey data to estimate the size of the transgender population., the Williams Institute, a public policy research institute at the UCLA School of Law, released its numbers. Williams drew from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data and estimated that 1.6 million people, or 0.6% of Americans ages 13 and older identify as transgender. Among adults, the percentage was lower — about 0.5%.
Experts shared that disparities between findings may be related to some of the quirks and challenges that come with collecting data on gender identity.
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