Table 1.

Comparison of sociodemographic characteristics between male and female veterans and non-veterans

	Males				p		Females				p
	Non-veterans (n = 420)		Veterans (n = 210)				Non-veterans (n = 94)		Veterans (n = 47)
	n	%	n	%			n	%	n	%
Age group (years)
16–24	10	3.70	5	4.36	.773	.959	8	11.99	4	17.20	.540	.894
25–34	42	12.22	21	13.80	.642		12	13.87	6	11.82	.747
35–44	118	29.58	59	27.21	.539		20	21.73	10	18.36	.642
45–54	96	24.63	48	24.28	.929		24	24.52	12	28.19	.647
55–64	154	29.87	77	30.35	.902		30	27.89	15	24.42	.662
Ethnicity
White	387	89.6	200	94.5	.076	.087	87	91.4	44	85.8	.525	.479
Non-white	32	10.5	10	5.5	.088		6	8.6	3	14.2	.474
Marital status
Single	80	17.16	24	10.65	.070	.105	19	22.31	7	17.36	.588	.221
Married/cohabiting	272	72.28	150	79.59	.049*		62	70.42	26	65.38	.599
Widowed/divorced/ separated	68	10.56	36	9.76	.728		13	7.27	14	17.25	.027*
Household size
One adult aged 16–59,  no children	86	12.14	30	7.74	.037*	.083	14	8.45	12	19.60	.055	.119
Two adults, both aged 16–59,  no children	102	26.75	52	27.13	.916		24	26.63	13	30.02	.699
Small family	60	15.34	48	23.46	.022*		18	17.33	7	14.31	.660
Large family	22	6.78	12	8.42	.554		2	1.71	3	7.23	.092
Large adult household	66	24.41	23	17.54	.107		19	31.88	5	18.69	.206
Two adults, one or both  aged 60+, no children	62	12.30	31	12.39	.972		14	12.60	3	5.97	.216
One adult, aged 60+, no children	22	2.28	14	3.32	.266		3	1.39	4	4.18	.131

Note. Percentages are weighted to account for complex survey design; case numbers are unweighted and may not therefore sum due to missing values. p: the significance of Pearson’s χ² test with second-order Rao and Scott’s correction for survey design.

^*Significant result where p < .05.