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. 2016 Dec 22;11(12):e0167143. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167143

Table 2. Unweighted and Weighted Distributions of Sociodemographic Variables by Veteran Status.

  Non-Veterans Veterans
Unweighted N = 9,084 Unweighted N = 1535
Weighted N = 27,771,046 Weighted N = 4,808,827
  Unweighted N Unweighted % Weighted N Weighted % Unweighted N Unweighted % Weighted N Weighted %  
Marital Status*
Married/Living with Partner 3851 42.4% 12027394 43.09% 894 58.2% 2761203 57.4% *
Widowed 1662 18.3% 5165824 18.6% 231 15.0% 780994 16.2%
Divorced/Separated 1838 20.2% 5413510 19.5% 307 20.0% 959399 20.0%
Never Married 1733 19.1% 5164318 18.6% 103 6.7% 307231 6.4%
9084 100.0% 27771046 100.0% 1535 100.0% 4808827 100.0%
Educational Level*
Less than HS 2509 27.6% 6889681 24.8% 207 13.5% 607874 12.6% *
HS graduate or GED 2991 32.9% 9422001 33.9% 469 30.6% 1456863 30.3%
Some College 2372 26.1% 7444133 26.8% 564 36.7% 1761793 36.6%
4 Year College Degree 831 9.1% 2751439 9.9% 183 11.9% 602551 12.5%
Graduate Work 381 4.2% 1263792 4.6% 112 7.3% 379746 7.9%
9084 100.0% 27771046 100.0% 1535 100.0% 4808827 100.0%
Race/Ethnicity*
White 5946 65.5% 20587448 74.1% 1218 79.3% 4050137 84.2% *
Black/African American 1784 19.6% 2992486 10.8% 233 15.2% 556214 11.6%
Hispanic/Latino 1354 14.9% 4191112 15.1% 84 5.5% 202476 4.2%
9084 100.0% 27771046 100.0% 1535 100.0% 4808827 100.0%
Sex of Respondent*
Male 3172 34.9% 9770135 35.2% 1439 93.7% 4519433 94.0% *
Female 5912 65.1% 18000911 64.8% 96 6.3% 289394 6.0%
9084 100.0% 27771046 100.0% 1535 100.0% 4808827 100.0%
  Unweighted   Weighted   Unweighted   Weighted    
Age in Years* 57.8 58.1 66.7 67.34 *

* Indicates a significant difference between Veterans and Non-Veterans in Chi Square or T Test at p < .05