Table 1.
NSV Veterans | American Indian/Alaska Native Peoples | Non-Hispanic White | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N = 7596) | (N = 208) | (N = 7388) | |||||||
Mean or Proportion | 95% CI | Mean or Proportion | 95% CI | Mean or Proportion | 95% CI | ||||
Reported health | |||||||||
Fair/poor | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.33 | 0.26 | 0.41 | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.27 |
Poor | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.20 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.08 |
Limitation in one or more activities of daily living | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.20 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.08 |
Male | 0.93 | 0.92 | 0.94 | 0.91 | 0.85 | 0.96 | 0.93 | 0.92 | 0.94 |
Age | 62.16 | 61.69 | 62.62 | 56.52 | 53.94 | 59.09 | 62.33 | 61.85 | 62.80 |
Household income | |||||||||
$0–$34,999 (ref) | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.48 | 0.40 | 0.56 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.34 |
$35,000–$74,999 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.40 | 0.26 | 0.20 | 0.32 | 0.39 | 0.37 | 0.40 |
$75,000+ | 0.28 | 0.27 | 0.30 | 0.26 | 0.19 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.30 |
Educational attainment | |||||||||
Less than high school degree (ref) | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
High school degree | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.21 | 0.14 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.27 |
Some college | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.30 | 0.38 | 0.30 | 0.46 | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.30 |
College degree | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.25 | 0.18 | 0.31 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.28 |
Professional degree | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.13 |
Marital status | |||||||||
Married (ref) | 0.73 | 0.72 | 0.74 | 0.61 | 0.53 | 0.69 | 0.73 | 0.72 | 0.74 |
Divorced | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.16 | 0.29 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.14 |
Widowed | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.07 |
Never married | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.20 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.08 |
Smoking | |||||||||
Never smoker (ref) | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.28 | 0.43 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.36 |
Past smoker | 0.47 | 0.46 | 0.48 | 0.33 | 0.25 | 0.40 | 0.48 | 0.46 | 0.49 |
Current someday smoker | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.05 |
Current everyday smoker | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.28 | 0.20 | 0.35 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.14 |
Veteran Administration health care | |||||||||
Never used (ref) | 0.73 | 0.72 | 0.74 | 0.61 | 0.54 | 0.69 | 0.73 | 0.72 | 0.74 |
Used, but not in the past 6 months | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.21 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.10 |
Used in the past 6 months | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.16 | 0.31 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.19 |
Most recent period of service | |||||||||
WWII-Vietnam (ref) | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.19 | 0.13 | 0.24 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.35 |
Vietnam | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.30 | 0.27 | 0.21 | 0.34 | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.30 |
Post-Vietnam | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.39 | 0.54 | 0.46 | 0.62 | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.39 |
Branch of service | |||||||||
Army (ref) | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.46 | 0.33 | 0.26 | 0.41 | 0.45 | 0.44 | 0.46 |
Navy | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.18 | 0.33 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.24 |
Marines | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.22 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.10 |
Air Force | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.14 | 0.26 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.21 |
Other/multiple branches | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
Age of entry | |||||||||
20 and below (ref) | 0.63 | 0.62 | 0.64 | 0.71 | 0.63 | 0.78 | 0.63 | 0.62 | 0.64 |
21–24 | 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.26 | 0.19 | 0.33 | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.32 |
25+ | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 |
Duration of service | |||||||||
0–4 (ref) | 0.74 | 0.72 | 0.75 | 0.67 | 0.60 | 0.75 | 0.74 | 0.73 | 0.75 |
5–19 years | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.22 | 0.15 | 0.29 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.20 |
20+ years | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.08 |
Combat experiences | |||||||||
Served in combat/war zone | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0.40 | 0.32 | 0.47 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.35 |
Exposed to death/trauma | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0.45 | 0.37 | 0.53 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.34 |
Environmental hazards | |||||||||
Definitely/probably exposed (ref) | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.39 | 0.32 | 0.47 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.23 |
Probably not exposed | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.23 | 0.17 | 0.30 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.29 |
Definitely not exposed | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.20 | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.32 |
Unsure | 0.20 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.16 | 0.30 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.20 |
Source: National Survey of Veterans 2010.
Note. Missing data were handled by Stata’s multiple imputation suite.