Table 1.
Sociodemographic Characteristics of U.S. Military Women and Men
| Characteristic | Women |
Men |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Percentage | N | Percentage | |
| Age (years) | ||||
| ≤20 | 393 | 15.2 | 1,212 | 11.3 |
| 21–25 | 860 | 32.5 | 2,843 | 31.9 |
| 26–34 | 910 | 32.5 | 3,497 | 33.3 |
| ≥35 | 811 | 19.9 | 5,667 | 23.5 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| White | 1,813 | 59.8 | 9,308 | 68.8 |
| African American | 704 | 25.6 | 1,967 | 16.0 |
| Hispanic | 258 | 7.9 | 1,078 | 8.6 |
| Other | 199 | 6.7 | 866 | 6.6 |
| Education | ||||
| ≤H.S. graduate | 796 | 27.6 | 4,308 | 38.1 |
| Trade/technical graduate or some college | 1,424 | 50.7 | 5,611 | 42.9 |
| ≥College graduate | 754 | 21.6 | 3,300 | 19.0 |
| Service | ||||
| Army | 686 | 33.7 | 2,952 | 31.6 |
| Navy | 864 | 26.1 | 3,401 | 29.2 |
| Marine Corps | 576 | 4.1 | 3,384 | 11.9 |
| Air Force | 848 | 36.2 | 3,482 | 27.2 |
| Job status | ||||
| Enlisted | 2,355 | 83.6 | 10,176 | 84.5 |
| Officer | 619 | 16.4 | 3,035 | 15.5 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 1,581 | 51.0 | 9,099 | 61.6 |
| Unmarried | 1,393 | 49.0 | 4,120 | 38.4 |
| Total | 2,974 | 100.0 | 13,219 | 100.0 |
Source: DoD Survey of Health Related Behaviors among Military Personnel, 1995.