Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of the focus group participants; active duty soldiers (n 366) at three US Army installations located in the continental USA, March–May 2014
| Cavalry | Infantry | Logistics | All units | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Total | 98 | 100 | 149 | 100 | 114 | 100 | 363 | 100† |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 96 | 98 | 145 | 97 | 86 | 75 | 327 | 91 |
| Female | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 25 | 34 | 9 |
| Rank | ||||||||
| Squad Members | 44 | 45 | 73 | 48 | 41 | 36 | 158 | 44 |
| Leaders | 41 | 42 | 70 | 46 | 63 | 56 | 174 | 48 |
| Squad Leaders | 28 | 29 | 29 | 19 | 41 | 36 | 98 | 27 |
| Platoon Leaders and Higher | 13 | 13 | 41 | 27 | 22 | 20 | 76 | 21 |
| Unit Supports* | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 7 |
| Time with unit | ||||||||
| Less than 6 months | 19 | 19 | 26 | 17 | 32 | 29 | 77 | 21 |
| 6 months to 1 year | 21 | 21 | 45 | 30 | 20 | 18 | 86 | 24 |
| 1 to 2 years | 23 | 24 | 42 | 28 | 34 | 30 | 99 | 28 |
| More than 2 years | 35 | 36 | 36 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 97 | 27 |
| Education level | ||||||||
| High school or GED | 27 | 28 | 64 | 43 | 23 | 21 | 114 | 32 |
| Some college | 35 | 36 | 43 | 29 | 47 | 42 | 125 | 35 |
| 2-year college degree | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 8 |
| 4-year college degree | 20 | 20 | 27 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 68 | 19 |
| Graduate/advanced degree | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 6 |
| Other | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
GED, General Equivalency Diploma.
*
Participants categorized as ‘Unit Supports’ include unit medical, medical treatment facility and battalion assets.
†
Three focus group participants orally consented but did not provide demographic information; therefore, overall total n reported in this table is less than the total number of focus group participants.