Table A3.

Association of demographic, military and deployment characteristics with Kansas GWI exclusionary criteria status.

		All (n = 1116)	Met exclusionary conditions		p-value from χ2
			Yes (n = 451)	No (n = 655)
		(%)	(%)	(%)
Sex	Male	76.8	79.2	75.2	0.1232
	Female	23.2	20.8	24.8
Age Group	40–49 years	38.7	30.2	44.5	<0.0001
	50–59 years	36.9	33.3	39.4
	60 years and over	24.4	36.6	16.1
Race/Ethnicity	White, Not Hispanic	65.1	59.4	68.9	0.0026
	Black, Not Hispanic	17.2	20.0	15.3
	Hispanic (any race)	9.5	10.0	9.2
	Other	6.2	7.1	5.6
Household income per year	Under $30,000	11.2	12.6	10.2	<0.0001
	$30,000 – $59,999	23.1	28.2	19.7
	$60,000 – $99,999	29.0	30.2	28.3
	$100,000 or more	29.8	20.8	35.8
	Unknown	6.9	8.2	6.0
Highest achieved education level	High School diploma/GED or less	9.0	12.0	6.9	0.0003
	Some college to Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree	68.2	70.3	66.8
	Master’s degree, Professional degree, or Doctorate degree	20.7	15.3	24.4
	Unknown	2.2	2.4	2.0
Deployed to the 1990–91 Gulf War	Deployed	76.1	75.8	76.2	0.8751
	Did not deploy	23.9	24.2	23.8
Unit Component	Active duty only	60.6	60.5	60.6	0.3338
	Reserves only	14.6	13.1	15.6
	Both active duty and reserves	24.4	26.2	23.2
Service Branch	Army only	45.5	48.8	43.3	0.0517
	Navy only	16.1	14.4	17.3
	Air Force only	11.0	10.6	11.3
	Marine Corps only	12.5	9.8	14.4
	National Guard: all	9.8	10.0	9.6
	Other	5.0	6.4	4.1
Used VHA health care or hospital in the last year	Yes	44.3	54.6	37.3	<0.0001
	No	54.9	44.8	61.8
Deployed in support of OEF or OIFa	Yes	21.7	19.3	23.3	0.0951
	No	76.5	79.4	74.6

OEF=Operation Enduring Freedom; OIF=Operation Iraqi Freedom.

^aPercents sum to less than 100% because blank and write-in responses not included.