Table 2.
Respondents’ Continuously Measured Characteristics Overall and By Their Sexual Assault Status During the Time of Gulf War I.
| Characteristic | Overall | Reported Sexual Assault During the Time of Gulf War I |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N =1,700 | No n = 1,552 |
Yes (n = 100) |
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| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Test statistic |
df | p-value | |
| Military contextual factors during Gulf War I | |||||||||
| Crowded living conditions | 3.48 | 1.25 | 3.40 | 1.26 | 3.80 | 1.15 | 2.62 | 1,551 | 0.009 |
| Unit’s perceived tolerance of sexual harassment | 13.94 | 5.24 | 13.66 | 5.09 | 18.00 | 5.8 | −8.09 | 1,553 | <.0001 |
| Individual factors | |||||||||
| Sexual identity challenges during Gulf War I | 1.13 | 2.34 | 0.94 | 2.07 | 4.17 | 3.91 | −13.97 | 1,628 | <.0001 |
| Childhood Maltreatment | |||||||||
| Non-supportive family | 11.37 | 5.06 | 11.31 | 5.0 | 12.61 | 5.65 | 2.49 | 1,622 | 0.013 |
| Childhood sexual abuse | 3.94 | 2.29 | 3.83 | 2.13 | 5.61 | 3.56 | −7.56 | 1,601 | <.0001 |
| Childhood physical abuse | 12.45 | 4.98 | 12.32 | 4.87 | 14.82 | 5.99 | −4.86 | 1,618 | <.0001 |
| Childhood neglect | 6.44 | 2.77 | 6.36 | 2.68 | 7.70 | 3.53 | −4.71 | 1,608 | <.0001 |