TABLE 1.

Characteristics of Women Veterans Using VA Mental Health Services and Associations With Subjective Ratings of How Well Care Met Their Needs^*†

			Mental Health Care Met Needs
Characteristics	n	% (SE)	%	OR	95% CI
Age (y)
18–44	1013	39.8 (0.8)	44.1
45–64	1295	53.7 (0.8)	51.4	1.34	1.13–1.59
65+	158	6.5 (0.5)	56.0	1.61	1.10–2.38
Race
White	1646	63.1 (0.9)	51.1
African American/black	533	28.2 (0.8)	45.3	0.79	0.65–0.97
Other race	267	8.7 (0.5)	43.7	0.74	0.56–0.99
Ethnicity
Hispanic	218	8.1 (0.5)	42.0	0.74	0.55–0.99
Not Hispanic	2237	91.9 (0.5)	49.4
Marital status
Married/living with partner	1024	40.4 (1.0)	47.7
Divorced, separated, or widowed	1038	42.8 (1.1)	50.9	1.14	0.95–1.37
Never married	395	16.8 (0.8)	46.3	0.94	0.74–1.21
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual	2175	91.0 (0.6)	49.5
Lesbian/bisexual	223	9.0 (0.6)	46.1	0.87	0.65–1.16
Parent/guardian
Yes	788	32.3 (0.9)	44.2	0.76	0.64–0.91
No	1677	67.7 (0.9)	50.9
Household income
< $25,000	1091	46.9 (1.1)	48.0	0.96	0.81–1.14
≥ $25,000	1254	53.1 (1.1)	48.9
Employment
Employed	785	32.0 (1.0)	48.5
Unemployed	307	12.7 (0.7)	48.8	1.01	0.77–1.33
Out of workforce	1366	55.2 (1.0)	49.1	1.02	0.85–1.23
Residential status
Urban	1521	62.9 (1.0)	49.4	1.06	0.89–1.26
Rural/highly rural	942	37.1 (1.0)	47.9
Health coverage in addition to VA
Yes	1203	49.1 (1.1)	50.1
No	1253	50.9 (1.1)	47.7	0.91	0.77–1.07
Usual source of care
Yes—VA doctor	1926	78.9 (0.9)	50.0
Yes—non-VA doctor	191	8.1 (0.6)	47.1	0.89	0.65–1.22
No	321	13.1 (0.7)	43.4	0.77	0.60–0.98
Dual mental health care use
VA and non-VA	655	26.9 (0.9)	41.8
VA only	1811	73.1 (0.9)	51.4	1.47	1.22–1.77

^*N = 2466 with missing values possible on each item.

^†The unweighted n is provided and all other statistics are calculated using weighted data.

Significant effects are in bold.

CI indicates confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; VA, Department of Veteran Affairs.