Table 2.

Univariate Comparisons of Veterans with Evidence that an Initial Action Towards VA Mental Healthcare was Taken by Contextual and Individual Factors

Factor	Initial Action Taken (n)	Initial Action Taken (%)	χ2	OR	Lower 95% CI	Upper 95% CI
Site of Screening			51.1*	1.16	1.11	1.21
VAMC	10150	63.5
CBOCa	15225	60.0
Site Rurality			281.5*	1.42*	1.37	1.48
Urban	17447	64.5
Rurala	8005	56.0
Gender			255.8*	1.72*	1.60	1.83
Female	3421	72.1
Malea	22116	60.1
Race			235.5*
Black	6878	67.4		1.45*	1.38	1.52
Other	1342	63.1		1.20	1.09	1.31
Missing	1857	62.8		1.18	1.09	1.28
Whitea	15460	58.8
Ethnicity			79.3*
Hispanic	2595	68.1		1.38	1.28	1.48
Missing	913	60.1		0.97	0.87	1.08
Non-Hispanica	22029	60.8
Service Era			1944.2*
WWII/Korea	215	42.1		0.86	0.72	1.03
Post-Vietnam	1889	60.4		1.81*	1.67	1.96
First Gulf War	8029	64.7		2.17*	2.06	2.29
OEF/OIF/OND	10215	71.7		3.01*	2.86	3.17
Other	82	72.6		3.14*	2.07	4.75
Vietnama	5107	45.7

^aReference group