TABLE I.
Demographic and Army Career Characteristics of Separated/deactivated Survey Respondents
| Suicide attempt sample (n = 4338)a | Homelessness sample (n = 6837)b | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSS (n = 1844) | AAS/PPDS (n = 2494) | Total (n = 4338) | NSS (n = 3344) | AAS/PPDS (n = 3493) | Total (n = 6837) | |||||||||||||
| % | (SE) | % | (SE) | % | (SE) | χ2 | P | df | % | (SE) | % | (SE) | % | (SE) | χ2 | P | df | |
| Demographic characteristics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Age | 92.8 | <0.001 | 3 | 187.5 | <0.001 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 18-22 | 45.2 | (2.6) | 7.3 | (1.4) | 23.6 | (1.5) | 33.7 | (1.5) | 6.6 | (0.9) | 19.8 | (1.0) | ||||||
| 23-26 | 35.6 | (2.3) | 21.7 | (1.6) | 27.7 | (1.3) | 41.7 | (1.5) | 19.3 | (1.3) | 30.2 | (1.0) | ||||||
| 27-33 | 14.6 | (1.7) | 32.2 | (2.0) | 24.7 | (1.4) | 21.0 | (1.3) | 35.4 | (1.4) | 28.4 | (1.0) | ||||||
| 34+ | 4.5 | (1.0) | 38.8 | (2.0) | 24.0 | (1.4) | 3.5 | (0.5) | 38.7 | (1.6) | 21.6 | (1.0) | ||||||
| Gender | 0.9 | 0.34 | 1 | 4.7 | 0.030 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Female | 19.0 | (2.0) | 16.5 | (1.7) | 17.6 | (1.3) | 19.3 | (1.3) | 15.5 | (1.2) | 17.4 | (0.9) | ||||||
| Race | 1.9 | 0.13 | 3 | 2.4 | 0.07 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 66.4 | (2.6) | 68.5 | (2.3) | 67.6 | (1.7) | 65.1 | (1.5) | 69.4 | (1.5) | 67.3 | (1.0) | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic black | 18.1 | (2.0) | 14.0 | (1.4) | 15.8 | (1.2) | 17.1 | (1.1) | 14.4 | (1.1) | 15.7 | (0.8) | ||||||
| Hispanic | 10.5 | (1.7) | 9.7 | (1.3) | 10.0 | (1.0) | 11.8 | (1.0) | 9.8 | (0.9) | 10.8 | (0.7) | ||||||
| Other | 5.0 | (1.0) | 7.8 | (1.5) | 6.6 | (0.9) | 5.9 | (0.7) | 6.4 | (0.9) | 6.2 | (0.6) | ||||||
| Lifetime max education | 34.1 | <0.001 | 2 | 55.6 | <0.001 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| High school diploma | 91.1 | (1.2) | 70.5 | (2.1) | 79.3 | (1.4) | 87.2 | (0.7) | 69.7 | (1.4) | 78.3 | (0.8) | ||||||
| Some college | 2.7 | (0.7) | 4.6 | (0.9) | 3.8 | (0.6) | 2.5 | (0.4) | 5.6 | (0.7) | 4.1 | (0.4) | ||||||
| College or more | 6.2 | (1.1) | 24.9 | (1.9) | 16.9 | (1.2) | 10.3 | (0.7) | 24.7 | (1.4) | 17.7 | (0.8) | ||||||
| Lifetime marital history | 62.3 | <0.001 | 2 | 165.0 | <0.001 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Currently | 29.8 | (2.2) | 63.8 | (2.4) | 49.2 | (1.7) | 30.5 | (1.4) | 66.6 | (1.8) | 49.0 | (1.2) | ||||||
| Previously | 2.3 | (0.7) | 8.1 | (1.1) | 5.6 | (0.7) | 0.8 | (0.2) | 7.4 | (0.8) | 4.2 | (0.5) | ||||||
| Never | 67.9 | (2.3) | 28.1 | (2.3) | 45.2 | (1.8) | 68.7 | (1.4) | 26.0 | (1.7) | 46.8 | (1.2) | ||||||
| Army career characteristics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Separation status | 15.1 | <0.001 | 1 | 88.7 | <0.001 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Separated (vs. deactivated) | 79.1 | (2.1) | 89.0 | (1.4) | 84.7 | (1.2) | 63.0 | (1.5) | 81.3 | (1.2) | 72.4 | (1.0) | ||||||
| Years in service | 18.7 | <0.001 | 1 | 24.4 | <0.001 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Number, mean/SD/t | 2.7 | (2.6) | 10.3 | (13.8) | 7.1 | (8.7) | 3.3 | (2.7) | 10.9 | (12.5) | 7.2 | (10.9) | ||||||
| Lifetime deployment | 112.8 | <0.001 | 3 | 199.9 | <0.001 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 0 | 79.0 | (1.8) | 20.2 | (2.0) | 45.5 | (1.8) | 77.4 | (1.4) | 15.5 | (1.4) | 48.6 | (1.4) | ||||||
| 1 | 19.6 | (1.8) | 37.5 | (1.9) | 29.8 | (1.4) | 18.7 | (1.3) | 39.3 | (1.5) | 45.6 | (1.3) | ||||||
| 2 | 0.7 | (0.2) | 23.9 | (1.6) | 14.0 | (1.0) | 2.7 | (0.4) | 24.2 | (1.2) | 29.3 | (1.0) | ||||||
| 3+ | 0.7 | (0.4) | 18.3 | (1.6) | 10.7 | (1.0) | 1.2 | (0.3) | 21.0 | (1.3) | 13.7 | (0.7) | ||||||
| Rank | 109.1 | <0.001 | 2 | 180.3 | <0.001 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Junior enlisted (E1-E4) | 90.9 | (1.5) | 46.3 | (2.1) | 65.5 | (1.6) | 83.3 | (0.9) | 42.6 | (1.8) | 62.4 | (1.1) | ||||||
| Senior enlisted (E5-E9) | 8.2 | (1.4) | 40.4 | (2.1) | 26.6 | (1.5) | 14.2 | (0.9) | 43.5 | (1.5) | 29.2 | (0.9) | ||||||
| Officer | 0.9 | (0.4) | 13.3 | (1.3) | 8.0 | (0.8) | 2.5 | (0.3) | 13.9 | (1.1) | 8.3 | (0.6) | ||||||
| Duty-military occupational specialty | 10.5 | <0.001 | 3 | 8.0 | <0.001 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Direct combat arms | 32.2 | (2.9) | 26.1 | (2.0) | 28.7 | (1.7) | 28.3 | (1.9) | 24.5 | (1.7) | 26.3 | (1.3) | ||||||
| Indirect combat arms | 4.9 | (1.1) | 4.1 | (0.7) | 4.5 | (0.6) | 4.3 | (0.7) | 4.8 | (0.9) | 4.6 | (0.6) | ||||||
| Combat support | 30.3 | (2.4) | 20.3 | (1.8) | 24.6 | (1.4) | 30.5 | (1.4) | 22.7 | (1.6) | 26.5 | (1.1) | ||||||
| Combat service support | 32.5 | (2.1) | 49.5 | (2.4) | 42.2 | (1.7) | 36.9 | (1.7) | 48.0 | (1.9) | 42.6 | (1.2) | ||||||
| Command | 8.3 | <0.001 | 6 | 28.1 | <0.001 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| FORSCOM | 23.7 | (2.1) | 33.3 | (2.0) | 29.2 | (1.5) | 18.8 | (1.3) | 32.8 | (1.5) | 26.0 | (1.0) | ||||||
| TRADOC | 10.5 | (1.7) | 6.6 | (1.7) | 8.3 | (1.2) | 7.4 | (0.9) | 5.0 | (0.8) | 6.2 | (0.6) | ||||||
| North/South America, Europe/Central/Africa, Pacific | 3.6 | (0.9) | 5.3 | (0.9) | 4.6 | (0.6) | 2.9 | (0.5) | 5.1 | (0.5) | 4.0 | (0.4) | ||||||
| Special operations | 0.9 | (0.4) | 1.6 | (0.5) | 1.3 | (0.3) | 1.6 | (0.3) | 1.9 | (0.4) | 1.7 | (0.2) | ||||||
| MEDCOM | 0.6 | (0.3) | 7.0 | (1.3) | 4.3 | (0.7) | 0.7 | (0.2) | 6.9 | (0.8) | 3.9 | (0.5) | ||||||
| AMC, other, unknown | 9.1 | (1.6) | 11.2 | (1.5) | 10.3 | (1.1) | 5.9 | (0.6) | 10.2 | (0.8) | 8.1 | (0.5) | ||||||
| Guard/Reserve | 51.6 | (2.6) | 35.0 | (2.1) | 42.1 | (1.7) | 62.7 | (1.6) | 38.1 | (1.6) | 50.1 | (1.1) | ||||||
Estimates reflect weighted data.
Abbreviations: NSS = New Soldier Study; AAS = All Army Study; PPDS = Pre-Post Deployment Study; FORSCOM = Forces Command; TRADOC = Training and Doctrine Command; MEDCOM = Medical Command; AMC = Army Materiel Command.
a
Estimates reflect weighted data to make the n = 4338 respondents considered here representative of the n = 12,296 in the full eligible LS1-LS2 pooled sample. The smaller sample is due to our use of a case-control sampling scheme to develop the Super Learner model.
b
Estimates reflect weighted data to make the n = 6837 respondents considered here representative of the n = 16,807 in the full eligible LS1-LS2 pooled sample. The smaller sample is due to our use of a case-control sampling scheme to develop the Super Learner model.