TABLE I.

Demographics, Health Care Utilization, and Risk and Health Indicators by Partnership and Veteran Statuses

	Same-Sex Partnered			Opposite-Sex Partnered
	Veteran (n = 100)	Nonveterana (n = 971)		Veteranb (n = 13,827)		Nonveteranc (n = 103,666)
	%	%	p	%	p	%	p
Demographics
Non-White	23.5	19.0	0.287	18.9	0.252	25.0	0.718
College Degree	43.0	52.3	0.078	32.3	0.023	36.8	0.197
Income <$25,000/Year	18.8	26.7	0.090	15.1	0.317	23.6	0.260
Sex (Female)	25.0	41.6	0.001*	6.4	0.001*	50.7	<0.001*
Age (Mean)	44.0	37.8	<0.001*	47.2	<0.001*	36.5	<0.001*
Health Care Utilization
VHA Care in Past 12 Months	15.0	—	—	14.7	0.938	—	—
Any Health Care Coverage Plan	86.0	80.9	0.216	87.1	0.754	82.5	0.357
Did Not Seek Care Because of Cost	19.0	19.9	0.830	11.1	0.013	15.1	0.278
Risk Indicators
Current Smoking	34.7	31.9	0.581	28.4	0.170	23.7	0.011
Binge Drinking	24.5	23.3	0.794	19.7	0.240	19.5	0.209
Firearms in Home	31.6	15.2	<0.001*	56.7	<0.001*	37.5	0.230
Overweight	44.8	30.6	0.004*	47.6	0.591	35.9	0.065
Obese	17.3	22.6	0.233	28.9	0.012	22.8	0.197
Health Indicators
Frequent Mental Distress	17.5	25.9	0.071	13.8	0.291	16.1	0.709
Fair/Poor Health Status	17.2	11.9	0.127	13.0	0.223	9.7	0.012
Activity Limitations	21.0	17.8	0.431	20.3	0.863	11.8	0.005

CI, confidence interval;

^*Statistically significant using the Bonferroni-adjusted significance level of p ≤ 0.004.

^aComparisons of same-sex partnered veteran vs. same-sex partnered nonveteran.

^bComparisons of same-sex partnered veteran vs. opposite-sex partnered veteran.

^cComparisons of same-sex partnered veteran vs. opposite-sex partnered nonveteran.