Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of Partners and Veterans.
| Variables |
Group
|
Group Difference
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Dog (n = 37) |
Waitlist (n = 23) |
Total (N = 60) |
t | χ2 | p | |
| Partners | ||||||
| Sex, n (%) female | 33 (89.19) | 20 (86.96) | 53 (88.33) | 0.07 | .79 | |
| Employment status, n (%) employed | 20 (54.05) | 14 (60.87) | 34 (56.67) | 0.27 | .60 | |
| Education, n (%) | 6.78 | .15 | ||||
| High school or GED | 6 (16.22) | 1 (4.35) | 7 (11.67) | |||
| Some college | 21 (56.76) | 10 (43.48) | 31 (51.67) | |||
| Bachelor’s degree | 6 (16.22) | 10 (43.48) | 16 (26.67) | |||
| Master’s degree | 3 (8.11) | 2 (8.70) | 5 (8.33) | |||
| Advanced graduate work or PhD | 1 (2.70) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (1.67) | |||
| Number of children M (SD) | 2.03 (1.44) | 2.35 (1.27) | 2.15 (1.38) | 0.88 | .38 | |
| Veterans | ||||||
| Age M (SD) | 36.59 (8.02) | 36.83 (7.32) | 36.68 (7.69) | 0.11 | .91 | |
| Gender, n (%) male | 32 (86.49) | 19 (82.61) | 51 (85.00) | 0.17 | .68 | |
| Employment status, n (%) employed | 8 (21.62) | 8 (34.78) | 16 (26.67) | 1.26 | .26 | |
| Education | 3.84 | .43 | ||||
| High school or GED | 6 (16.22) | 2 (8.70) | 8 (13.33) | |||
| Some college | 22 (59.46) | 11 (47.83) | 33 (55.00) | |||
| Bachelor’s degree | 6 (16.22) | 5 (21.74) | 11 (18.33) | |||
| Master’ | 3 (8.11) | 4 (17.39) | 7 (11.67) | |||
| Advanced graduate work or PhD | 0 (0.00) | 1 (4.35) | 1 (1.67) | |||
| Military branch, n (%) | 1.34 | .72 | ||||
| Air Force | 5 (13.51) | 1 (4.35) | 6 (10.00) | |||
| Army | 25 (67.57) | 17 (73.91) | 42 (70.00) | |||
| Marines | 4 (10.81) | 3 (13.04) | 7 (11.67) | |||
| Navy | 3 (8.11) | 2 (8.70) | 5 (8.33) | |||
| Deployment location, n (%) | 3.07 | .38 | ||||
| Iraq | 13 (35.14) | 11 (47.83) | 24 (40.00) | |||
| Afghanistan | 4 (10.81) | 3 (13.04) | 7 (11.67) | |||
| Both locations | 10 (27.03) | 7 (30.43) | 17 (28.33) | |||
| Other locations | 10 (27.03) | 2 (8.70) | 12 (20.00) | |||
| PTSD Symptomology | 59.54 (12.97) | 68.57 (11.21) | 63.00 (13.01) | 2.76 | .01 | |
| Traumatic Brain Injury, n (%) yes | 8 (21.62) | 4 (17.39) | 12 (20.00) | 0.16 | .69 | |