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. 2021 Feb 8;21:55. doi: 10.1186/s12905-021-01181-z

Table 1.

Demographic, deployment, and well-being measures for total sample and by sex (N = 1727–1730)

Study variables (N) % Total Sex
%Male %Female χ2 p-value
Age: 18–64 (751) 43.5 40.8 95.3 97.75  < 0.001
White Race (1655) 95.7 95.9 90.6 5.56 0.018
Married (1340) 77.5 78.8 50.6 36.96  < 0.001
College Graduate or Higher (429) 24.8 23.6 47.1 23.56  < 0.001
Iraq/Afghanistan Veteran (396) 22.9 21.3 54.1 49.39  < 0.001
Multiple Tours (686) 39.7 40.3 29.4 3.97 0.046
Deployed as Guard/Reserve (665) 38.4 37.0 65.9 28.45  < 0.001
High Childhood Abuse/Neglect (288) 16.6 16.5 20.0 0.72 0.395
High Combat Exposure (408) 23.6 24.7 2.4 22.36  < 0.001
Low Unit Support (364) 21.0 20.5 31.8 6.19 0.013
High Stressful Events Past Yr (375) 21.7 21.3 29.4 3.15 0.080
High Lifetime Trauma (357) 20.6 20.6 21.2 0.90 0.891
Low Psych Resilience (439) 25.4 24.3 45.9 19.85  < 0.001
Low Current Social Support (314) 18.2 17.9 23.5 1.74 0.187
Fair/Poor Current Health (633) 36.7 37.2 26.2 4.16 0.041
Concussion in Service (491) 28.4 29.1 14.1 8.95 0.003
Positive Score Audit-C (109) 6.3 6.4 4.7 0.39 0.535
Low Self-Esteem (400) 23.1 22.7 30.6 2.80 0.094
PTSD Past Year (132) 7.6 7.3 14.1 5.34 0.021
PTSD Lifetime (216) 12.5 11.6 29.4 23.44  < 0.001
Current Depression Disorder (143) 8.3 7.8 17.6 10.38 0.001
Lifetime Depression Disorder (381) 22.0 20.8 45.9 29.63  < 0.001
Recent Suicidal Thoughts (94) 5.2 5.2 9.4 2.75 0.133
Lifetime Suicidal Thoughts (196) 11.3 10.5 27.1 22.02  < 0.001
Currently Using VA Services (864) 49.9 50.3 43.5 1.47 0.225
Current VA Disability (629) 36.4 37.0 24.7 5.25 0.022
Use Psych Services Past Yr (406) 23.5 22.4 43.5 20.03  < 0.001
Lifetime Use Psych Services (832) 48.1 47.1 67.1 12.88  < 0.001
Use Psychotropics Past Yr (384) 22.2 21.4 37.6 12.36  < 0.001
N (%) 1645(95.1) 85(4.9)