Table 3.
Demographic profile of Phase 1 survey and Phase 2 interview responders, and target populations
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| Target: ADF population (N=50,049) | Survey responders (n=24,481) | Target: selected for CIDI (N=3,688) | CIDI responders (n=1,798) | |||||
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| Characteristic | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female | 6,808 | 13.6 | 3,888 | 15.9 | 907 | 24.6 | 438 | 24.4 |
| Male | 43,241 | 86.4 | 20,593 | 84.1 | 2,781 | 75.4 | 1,360 | 75.6 |
| Service | ||||||||
| Navy | 11,612 | 23.2 | 5,392 | 22.0 | 837 | 22.7 | 384 | 21.4 |
| Female | 2,104 | 4.2 | 1,053 | 4.3 | 227 | 6.2 | 100 | 5.6 |
| Male | 9,508 | 19.0 | 4,339 | 17.7 | 610 | 16.5 | 284 | 15.8 |
| Army | 25,356 | 50.7 | 11,429 | 46.7 | 1,325 | 35.9 | 716 | 39.8 |
| Female | 2,513 | 5.0 | 1,437 | 5.9 | 322 | 8.7 | 165 | 9.2 |
| Male | 22,843 | 45.6 | 9,992 | 40.8 | 1,003 | 27.2 | 551 | 30.6 |
| Air Force | 13,081 | 26.1 | 7,660 | 31.3 | 1,526 | 41.4 | 698 | 38.8 |
| Female | 2,191 | 4.4 | 1,398 | 5.7 | 358 | 9.7 | 173 | 9.6 |
| Male | 10,890 | 21.8 | 6,262 | 25.6 | 1,168 | 31.7 | 525 | 29.2 |
| Age (years) | 33.2 (M) | 9.2 (SD) | 35.5 (M) | 9.3 (SD) | 37.3 (M) | 9.4 (SD) | 38.3 (M) | 9.4 (SD) |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Married | 31,500 | 62.9 | 18,882 | 77.1 | 2,862 | 77.6 | 1,388 | 77.2 |
| Not married | 18,549 | 37.1 | 5,599 | 22.9 | 826 | 22.4 | 410 | 22.8 |
| Education | ||||||||
| Missing | –a | –a | 396 | 1.6 | 4 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| High school or less | –a | –a | 2,888 | 11.8 | 449 | 12.2 | 235 | 13.1 |
| Certificate/diploma | –a | –a | 8,755 | 35.8 | 1,390 | 37.7 | 663 | 36.9 |
| Bachelor degree | –a | –a | 3,119 | 12.7 | 560 | 15.2 | 298 | 16.6 |
| Post-graduate | –a | –a | 9,323 | 38.1 | 1,285 | 34.8 | 601 | 33.4 |
| Rank | ||||||||
| Commissioned officer | 12,034 | 24.0 | 7,268 | 29.7 | 1,233 | 33.4 | 655 | 36.4 |
| Non-commissioned officer | 22,319 | 44.6 | 12,381 | 50.6 | 1,881 | 51.0 | 889 | 49.4 |
| Other ranks | 15,696 | 31.4 | 4,832 | 19.7 | 574 | 15.6 | 254 | 14.1 |
| MEC status | ||||||||
| MEC 1 | 32,816 | 65.6 | 14,954 | 61.1 | 1,989 | 53.9 | 906 | 50.4 |
| MEC 2 | 11,712 | 23.4 | 6,726 | 27.5 | 1,184 | 32.1 | 611 | 34.0 |
| MEC 3 | 4,485 | 9.0 | 2,301 | 9.4 | 413 | 11.2 | 224 | 12.5 |
| MEC 4 | 1,036 | 2.1 | 500 | 2.0 | 102 | 2.8 | 57 | 3.2 |
| ADF deployment | ||||||||
| Missing | 983 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Yes | 16,986 | 33.9 | 15,952 | 65.2 | 2,288 | 62.0 | 1,111 | 61.8 |
| No | 32,080 | 64.1 | 8,529 | 34.8 | 1,400 | 38.0 | 687 | 38.2 |
| Length of service in the ADF (years) | 11.6 (M) | 8.8 (SD) | 13.7 (M) | 9.3 (SD) | 15.3 (M) | 9.5 (SD) | 16.2 (M) | 9.8 (SD) |
MEC=Medical Employment Classification (smaller classification numbers indicate greater medical fitness for deployment).
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These data could not be obtained for non-responders.