TABLE II.
Distribution of Discharge Characterization
| Suicide attempt sample (n = 4338) | Homelessness sample (n = 6837) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSS (n = 1844) | AAS/PPDS (n = 2494) | Total (n = 4338) | NSS (n = 3344) | AAS/PPDS (n = 3493) | Total (n = 6837) | |||||||
| % | (SE) | % | (SE) | % | (SE) | % | (SE) | % | (SE) | % | (SE) | |
| Discharge characterization | ||||||||||||
| Honorable | 41.4 | (2.5) | 80.6 | (2.1) | 63.8 | (1.8) | 33.5 | (1.5) | 75.4 | (1.4) | 55.0 | (1.2) |
| General | 10.5 | (1.6) | 5.2 | (1.1) | 7.5 | (0.9) | 6.3 | (0.9) | 4.3 | (0.8) | 5.3 | (0.6) |
| Uncharacterized | 16.6 | (1.9) | 1.0 | (0.4) | 7.7 | (0.9) | 12.8 | (1.0) | 0.6 | (0.2) | 6.5 | (0.5) |
| Bad papera | 1.2 | (0.6) | 0.3 | (0.2) | 0.7 | (0.3) | 0.7 | (0.2) | 0.2 | (0.1) | 0.5 | (0.1) |
| Missing—RA | 3.9 | (0.9) | 7.2 | (1.3) | 5.8 | (0.8) | 6.5 | (0.7) | 10.8 | (0.9) | 8.7 | (0.5) |
| Missing—GR | 26.4 | (2.5) | 5.6 | (1.1) | 14.5 | (1.3) | 40.2 | (1.5) | 8.7 | (1.2) | 24.0 | (1.0) |
Estimates reflect weighted data.
Abbreviations: NSS = New Soldier Study; AAS = All Army Study; PPDS = Pre-Post Deployment Study; RA = Regular Army; GR = Guard/Reserve.
a
The 22 bad paper discharges in the suicide attempt sample include: other than honorable (n = 19) and bad conduct (n = 3). The 42 bad paper discharges in the homelessness sample include: other than honorable (n = 39), bad conduct (n = 2), and dishonorable (n = 1).