TABLE 1.
Demographic Characteristics of Female and Male Veteran VHA Patients Seen by Veteran Justice Outreach Specialists in Fiscal Years 2010–2012
| n (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Female (n = 1535) |
Male (n = 30,478) |
P | |
| Age | < 0.001 | ||
| < 25 | 63 (4) | 1289 (4) | |
| 25–34 | 399 (26) | 5866 (19) | |
| 35–44 | 358 (23) | 4108 (13) | |
| 45–54 | 526 (34) | 9294 (30) | |
| 55+ | 189 (12) | 9921 (33) | |
| Race* | |||
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | 19 (1) | 254 (1) | 0.09 |
| Asian | 17 (1) | 342 (1) | 0.95 |
| Black/African American | 489 (32) | 9718 (32) | 0.93 |
| White | 884 (58) | 18,019 (59) | 0.19 |
| Ethnicity† | 0.77 | ||
| Hispanic | 98 (6) | 2000 (7) | |
| Marital status‡ | < 0.001 | ||
| Single | 616 (41) | 11,907 (40) | |
| Married | 230 (15) | 6398 (21) | |
| Divorced/separated | 633 (42) | 11,095 (37) | |
| Widowed | 37 (2) | 641 (2) | |
| Residence§ | 0.66 | ||
| Rural | 326 (21) | 6324 (21) | |
| Urban | 1205 (79) | 24,039 (79) | |
| Homeless | < 0.001 | ||
| No | 1248 (81) | 23,110 (76) | |
| Yes | 287 (19) | 7368 (24) | |
| Service-connected disability rating‖ | < 0.001 | ||
| No | 639 (42) | 16,122 (53) | |
| < 50% | 341 (22) | 6254 (21) | |
| ≥ 50% | 555 (36) | 8081 (27) | |
Service-connected reflects a disability caused by medical or psychiatric illness or injury occurring during or aggravated by military service.
*
Missing/unknown: 2 women, 113 men.
†
Missing/unknown: 2 women, 113 men.
‡
Missing/unknown: 19 women, 437 men.
§
Missing/unknown: 4 women, 115 men.
‖
Missing/unknown: 0 women, 21 men.
VHA indicates Veterans Health Administration.