Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of all veterans who presented to the service
| ESL (n = 107) |
N-ESL (n = 568) |
Physical disability (n = 77) |
No disability (n = 398) |
Substance/ alcohol misuse (n = 168) |
No misuse (n = 323) |
Total (n = 952) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years: mean (s.d.) | 39 (13.4) | 44 (11.1) | 48 (8.7) | 42 (11.9) | 41 (9.9) | 44 (12) | 43 (11.7) |
| Gender, n (%)a | |||||||
| Female | 9 (8.4) | 32 (5.6) | 5 (6.5) | 31 (7.8) | 4 (2.4) | 27 (8.4) | 75 (7.9) |
| Male | 98 (91.6) | 536 (94.4) | 72 (93.5) | 367 (92.2) | 164 (97.6) | 296 (91.6) | 877 (92.1) |
| Ethnicity, n (%)a | |||||||
| White British | 73 (98.6) | 426 (96.8) | 65 (91.5) | 373 (97.1) | 154 (96.3) | 303 (96.2) | 590 (96.7) |
| Other | 1 (1.4) | 14 (3.2) | 6 (8.5) | 11 (2.9) | 6 (3.7) | 12 (3.8) | 20 (3.4) |
| Relationship status, n (%)a | |||||||
| Marriedb | 17 (23) | 171 (40.9) | 30 (42.3) | 144 (37.9) | 35 (21.5) | 150 (47.6) | 213 (38.1) |
| Divorcedc | 16 (21.6) | 94 (22.5) | 15 (21.1) | 83 (21.8) | 44 (27) | 61 (19.4) | 124 (22.2) |
| Single | 41 (55.4) | 153 (36.6) | 26 (36.6) | 153 (40.3) | 84 (51.5) | 104 (33) | 222 (39.7) |
| Branch of force, n (%)a | |||||||
| Army | 96 (90.6) | 489 (86.7) | 63 (82.9) | 344 (87.6) | 148 (88.1) | 278 (86.3) | 774 (87.5) |
| Navy/Marines | 4 (3.8) | 37 (6.6) | 6 (7.9) | 26 (6.7) | 9 (5.4) | 24 (7.5) | 55 (6.2) |
| Royal Air Force | 5 (4.7) | 38 (6.7) | 7 (9.2) | 22 (5.6) | 10 (6) | 8 (2.5) | 53 (6) |
| Rank on discharge, n (%)a | |||||||
| Private | 61 (91) | 241 (60.1) | 46 (69.7) | 224 (63.6) | 117 (74.5) | 176 (59.5) | 332 (64.6) |
| JNCO | 6 (9) | 99 (24.7) | 13 (19.7) | 82 (23.3) | 29 (18.5) | 75 (25.3) | 116 (22.6) |
| SNCO | - | 50 (12.5) | 5 (7.6) | 37 (10.5) | 9 (5.7) | 36 (12.2) | 54 (10.5) |
| Officer | - | 11 (2.7) | 2 (3.0) | 9 (2.6) | 2 (1.3) | 9 (3) | 11 (2.1) |
| Years of service, mean (s.d.) | 2.6 (2.2) | 9.6 (6.1) | 8.8 (5.6) | 8.8 (6.8) | 7.3 (5.1) | 9.5 (6.9) | 8.4 (6.1) |
| Unemployment, n (%)a | 12 (21.8) | 109 (27.9) | 20 (31.7) | 85 (24.6) | 46 (31.9) | 67 (23.1) | 139 (27.7) |
| Forensic history, n (%)a | 24 (39.3) | 123 (32.9) | 16 (25) | 113 (34.5) | 83 (55.3) | 71 (23.7) | 161 (34.8) |
| Psychiatric disorder, n (%)a | |||||||
| Depression | 24 (30.8) | 112 (24.2) | 17 (23.6) | 106 (28.6) | 38 (24.4) | 84 (27.7) | 165 (24.1) |
| Anxiety | 7 (9) | 25 (5.3) | 4 (5.6) | 25 (6.8) | 7 (4.5) | 22 (7.3) | 43 (6.3) |
| Mixed A&D | 22 (28.2) | 134 (29) | 12 (16.7) | 111 (30) | 45 (28.8) | 86 (28.4) | 197 (28.8) |
| PTSD | 19 (24.4) | 163 (35.3) | 37 (51.4) | 108 (29.2) | 54 (34.6) | 99 (32.7) | 233 (34) |
| Other | 6 (7.7) | 28 (5.1) | 2 (2.8) | 20 (5.4) | 12 (9.6) | 12 (3.9) | 47 (6.8) |
A&D, anxiety and depression; ESL, early service leavers; JNCO, Junior Non-Commissioned Officer; N-ESL, non-early service leavers; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder; SNCO, Senior Non-Commissioned Officer.
a.
Percentages are valid per cent.
b.
Married or in a civil partnership.
c.
Divorced, dissolved civil partnership, separated or widowed.