Table 1.
Socio-demographic, physical and mental health, and childhood environment characteristics of NESARC-III respondents by veteran status and sex
| Civilians |
Veterans |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n = 12,420) | Women (n = 19,161) | Men (n = 2,581) | Women (n = 358) | |
| Age (mean, SE) | 42.3 (0.20) | 47.0 (0.22) | 61.0 (0.42) | 51.4 (1.23) |
| White race (n, %) | 6296 (63.7) | 9966 (65.9) | 1789 (80.4) | 220 (74.6) |
| Married (n, %) | 6011 (58.8) | 8461 (55.8) | 1385 (68.7) | 169 (58.7) |
| At least some college education (n, %) | 6793 (58.7) | 11,281 (62.7) | 1697 (67.0) | 290 (80.7) |
| Employed or in school (n, %) | 9063 (75.0) | 11,265 (58.9) | 1159 (44.5) | 216 (56.5) |
| Lesbian, gay, or bisexual (n, %) | 403 (2.9) | 632 (3.0) | 50 (1.4) | 21 (5.4) |
| U.S.-born (n, %) | 9703 (80.6) | 15747 (84.1) | 2474 (96.3) | 339 (96.8) |
| Rural residence (n, %) | 1,948 (19.9) | 3,227 (21.5) | 566 (25.7) | 52 (20.8) |
| Military health insurance (n, %) | 79 (0.6) | 521 (2.8) | 821 (30.0) | 155 (39.7) |
| Number of physical health conditions (mean, SE) | 1.1 (0.02) | 1.6 (0.03) | 2.3 (0.05) | 2.0 (0.13) |
| DSM-5 mental health conditions (n, %) | ||||
| Substance-related or addictive disorders | 2769 (21.4) | 2321 (11.9) | 369 (12.4) | 55 (14.3) |
| Depressive disorders | 1052 (7.9) | 2772 (14.5) | 222 (7.9) | 49 (12.2) |
| Bipolar or related disorders | 291 (2.4) | 376 (1.9) | 49 (1.7) | 10 (2.0) |
| Anxiety disorders | 1131 (9.2) | 3053 (16.7) | 235 (8.9) | 68 (22.0) |
| Post-traumatic stress disorder | 350 (2.7) | 1,157 (5.9) | 143 (5.2) | 37 (11.6) |
| Feeding or eating disorders | 69 (0.5) | 285 (1.6) | 13 (0.5) | 3 (1.9) |
| Personality disorders | 1649 (13.1) | 2369 (11.8) | 348 (12.6) | 48 (15.0) |
| Childhood environment | ||||
| Government assistance (n, %) | 2286 (16.2) | 3910 (16.5) | 388 (12.9) | 88 (22.7) |
| Childhood maltreatment score (mean, SE) | 0.7 (0.01) | 0.8 (0.01) | 0.9 (0.03) | 1.2 (0.11) |
| Household dysfunction score (mean, SE) | 0.5 (0.01) | 0.6 (0.01) | 0.5 (0.02) | 0.8 (0.06) |
SE standard error
Numbers may not add to totals or percents to 100% due to missing data; means, SEs, and percents account for survey sampling