TABLE 1.
Veterans, % |
Nonveterans, % |
P |
|
---|---|---|---|
Race/ethnicity | <.001 | ||
White | 84.5 | 79.3 | |
Hispanic | 3.1 | 6.4 | |
African American | 12.4 | 14.3 | |
Racial saliencea | .45 | ||
≤1/mo | 82.3 | 81.8 | |
1/wk | 7.1 | 6.8 | |
≥1/d | 10.5 | 11.4 | |
Gender | <.001 | ||
Women | 6.9 | 59.4 | |
Men | 93.1 | 40.6 | |
Age, y | <.001 | ||
18−24 | 4.5 | 15.4 | |
25−34 | 9.3 | 19.4 | |
35−44 | 13.9 | 21.2 | |
45−54 | 17.2 | 19.2 | |
55−64 | 22.6 | 11.3 | |
≥65 | 32.5 | 13.5 | |
Income, $ | <.001 | ||
< 15 000 | 6.2 | 11.3 | |
15 000−24 999 | 16.1 | 18.2 | |
25 000−34 999 | 15.5 | 15.0 | |
35 000−49 999 | 20.6 | 17.1 | |
> 50 000 | 41.6 | 38.5 | |
Education | <.001 | ||
< High school | 6.2 | 11.6 | |
High school graduate | 31.2 | 32.6 | |
Some college | 29.1 | 25.6 | |
College degree | 33.5 | 30.2 | |
Health care coverage | <.001 | ||
Yes | 90.8 | 84.1 | |
No | 9.2 | 15.9 | |
Cost of medical care prohibitive in past 12 mo | <.001 | ||
No | 91.3 | 86.0 | |
Yes | 8.7 | 14.0 | |
Health status | <.001 | ||
Excellent, very good, or good | 82.1 | 85.0 | |
Fair or poor | 17.9 | 15.0 | |
State | <.001 | ||
Arkansas | 13.0 | 12.0 | |
Colorado | 20.3 | 20.3 | |
Delaware | 4.1 | 3.7 | |
District of Columbia | 2.0 | 2.8 | |
Mississippi | 11.4 | 12.9 | |
Rhode Island | 4.5 | 5.1 | |
District of Columbia | 22.4 | 18.2 | |
Wisconsin | 22.3 | 25.0 |
Note. Percentages were based on weighted data. For veterans, unweighted n = 5 233; weighted n = 2 363 540. For nonveterans, unweighted n = 30 669; weighted n = 13 502 210.
Defined as frequency of thoughts about one's own race.