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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatr Serv. 2014 Oct 31;66(1):65–71. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201400029

Table 1. Characteristics of the sample (N=2811).

Characteristic N weighted %a
Age group (years)
18-29 368 15.1
30-44 958 33.2
45-64 1,145 40.1
≥ 65 340 11.7
Sex
Male 716 27.8
Female 2,095 72.2
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic 1,617 70.5
Black, non-Hispanic 599 12.9
Hispanic, any race 469 10.9
Other 126 5.8
Nativity
US-born 2,480 90.1
Foreign-born 331 9.9
Education
Less than high school 497 16.1
High school graduate 731 26.2
Some college 1,583 57.7
Household income ($)
0-19,999 876 26.5
20,000-34,999 600 20.4
35,000-69,999 777 29.3
>=70,000 558 23.8
Marital status
Married/cohabitating 1,315 56.7
Divorced/separated/widowed 977 27.8
Never married 519 15.5
Urbanicity
Urban 972 33.3
Suburban 1,392 50.5
Rural 447 16.3
Region
Northeast 510 18.3
Midwest 554 19.6
South 1,051 37.1
West 696 25.0
Employment (full-time)
Unemployed 1,544 54.3
Employed 1,267 45.7
Health insurance
Uninsured 340 12.0
Insured 2,471 88.0
Number of other psychiatric disorders (lifetime)
0 397 14.4
1 527 18.3
2 493 17.1
3+ 1,394 50.2
Type of PTSD Treatment
Any Treatment 1,475 53.3
Outpatient 1,326 48.3
Hospitalization 278 09.1
Emergency Department 251 08.5
Medication Use 865 31.3
PTSD symptom severity (weighted mean)
2811 12.4 (SD=2.8; Range 6-17)
Social Support (weighted mean)
ISEL 2811 41.0 (SD=6.8; Range=12–48)
a

Weighted to account for selection probabilities, non-response, and sociodemographic factors in order to be representative of the US civilian population based on estimates from the 2000 census.