Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the sample by Military Service Categories.
| All Males | Civilian | Militaryd
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| Draft Era (<1973) (N, % of Military) | All-Volunteer (≥1973) (N, % of Military) | |||
| Males (N, %) | 6330 | 3582 (59.30) | 2442 (86.26) | 306 (13.74) |
| Age Mean (SE) | 64.59 (0.33) | 61.04 (0.29) | 72.29 (0.27) | 53.91 (0.26) |
| Race (N, %) | ||||
| White | 4718 (83.43) | 2454 (80.20) | 2112 (90.48) | 152 (73.40) |
| African American | 1139 (10.30) | 734 (11.15) | 275 (7.48) | 130 (19.05) |
| Other | 473 (6.27) | 394 (8.66) | 55 (2.04) | 24 (7.54) |
| Education (N, %) | ||||
| LT HS and GED | 1541 (19.80) | 1060 (22.72) | 443 (16.11) | 38 (11.91) |
| High School Graduate | 1682 (25.89) | 898 (24.03) | 696 (28.60) | 88 (28.56) |
| Some College | 1478 (23.89) | 735 (22.14) | 627 (25.21) | 116 (34.15) |
| College and Above | 1629 (30.42) | 889 (31.11) | 676 (30.08) | 64 (25.38) |
| Marital Status (N, %) | ||||
| Currently Married | 4793 (74.14) | 2691 (73.93) | 1894 (75.17) | 208 (69.97) |
| Formerly Married | 1198 (18.60) | 637 (17.55) | 493 (20.35) | 68 (18.74) |
| Never Married | 339 (7.26) | 254 (8.53) | 55 (4.48) | 30 (11.29) |
| Late Life MD (N, %) | 683 (11.49) | 415 (12.22) | 204 (8.34) | 64 (23.47) |
| Childhood Mental Illness | ||||
| Depression (N, %)a | 129 (2.61) | 83 (2.52) | 28 (1.96) | 18 (6.52) |
| Alcohol and Substance Use (N, %)b | 72 (1.49) | 53 (1.57) | 8 (0.59) | 11 (4.82) |
| Other Psychiatric Illnesses (N, %)c | 102 (2.28) | 62 (2.29) | 28 (1.63) | 12 (5.15) |
| Childhood Poverty | ||||
| Father Unemployed (N, %) | 1252 (18.91) | 627 (16.74) | 575 (22.96) | 50 (16.51) |
| Move Due to Finances (N, %) | 1165 (16.72) | 596 (14.59) | 504 (19.62) | 65 (21.18) |
| Low SES (N, %) | 2045 (28.63) | 1099 (26.59) | 845 (32.17) | 101 (27.93) |
| Extended Family Help (N, %) | 953 (14.19) | 504 (12.83) | 376 (15.13) | 73 (22.81) |
| Childhood Poverty Counts (N, %) | ||||
| None | 3294 (55.82) | 1964 (59.16) | 1168 (49.97) | 162 (57.10) |
| One Criterion | 1503 (21.97) | 824 (20.86) | 617 (24.68) | 62 (16.68) |
| Two Criteria | 867 (12.78) | 463 (11.98) | 370 (14.29) | 34 (11.70) |
| Three Criteria | 486 (6.82) | 248 (6.08) | 205 (7.60) | 33 (9.74) |
| Four Criteria | 180 (2.62) | 83 (1.92) | 82 (3.46) | 15 (4.78) |
Values are Unweighted N and Weighted %, or Weighted Mean and SE, as indicated.
a
N = 5268.
b
N = 5275.
c
N = 5273.
d
N = 2748 (40.70% of All Males), values represent within Military among those with any Military service; Draft Era ended in 1973.