Table 4.
Demographic and military characteristics of deployed MVP GW Survey sample and the full U.S. population of 1990–1991 Gulf War Veterans.
| Demographic Characteristics | Deployed MVP Gulf War Survey Respondents 1 (n = 10,695) |
All Deployed Gulf War Veterans 2 n = 696,470 |
|---|---|---|
| Gender (%) | ||
| Male | 88.9 | 92.5 |
| Female | 11.1 | 7.2 |
| Unknown | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Age Group in 1991 (%) | ||
| Mean age in years (SD) | 31.4 ± 7.8 | 28.0 |
| <25 | 25.5 | 40.9 |
| 25–34 | 42.0 | 40.3 |
| 35–44 | 27.7 | 15.6 |
| 45–54 | 4.5 | 2.6 |
| 55–64 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| ≥65 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Unknown | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Race (%) | ||
| White | 66.5 | 67.7 |
| Black/African American | 23.5 | 22.6 |
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| Asian 3 | 1.6 | 2.3 |
| Other | 3.1 | 1.4 |
| Multiple Responses | 4.2 | -- |
| Unknown | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Ethnicity (%) | ||
| Hispanic 4 | 9.8 | 5.1 |
| Non-Hispanic | 90.1 | -- |
| Unknown | 0.1 | -- |
| Service Branch (%) | ||
| Army | 61.0 | 50.4 |
| Air Force | 10.4 | 11.9 |
| Marine Corps | 11.3 | 14.9 |
| Navy | 17.0 | 22.7 |
| Coast Guard | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Rank in August 1990–1991 (%) | ||
| Enlisted | 82.3 | 89.3 |
| Officer | 13.7 | 9.5 |
| Warrant Officer | 3.0 | 1.2 |
| Component (%) | ||
| Active Duty | 76.9 | 83.9 |
| Reserve & National Guard | 23.1 | 16.1 |
1 Data sources for deployed GW Survey respondents: gender, age (calculated as of 1 January 1991, to be consistent with the VA/DoD report), race, ethnicity from MVP Core demographic file supplemented with VADIR data; service branch, rank, and component from VADIR. 2 Responses from VA/DoD report. Includes all military personnel deployed to the Gulf theater between 1 August 1990 and 31 July 1991. Note: VA/DoD report combined race and ethnicity in a single variable, adding to 100%. Ethnicity is shown separately in this table to align with how data were collected for deployed MVP GW Veterans, but the two sources are not entirely comparable. 3 Asian includes Chinese, Japanese, Asian Indian, Other Asian, Filipino, and Pacific Islander (definition applies only to Deployed Gulf War Survey Respondents). 4 Hispanic includes Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, other Spanish/Hispanic/or Latino/or multiple responses (definition applies only to MVP Deployed Gulf War Survey Respondents).