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Table 2 Adjusted Odds of Response to the Open-Ended Question by Characteristics of Millennium Cohort Study Participants

From: Application of latent semantic analysis for open-ended responses in a large, epidemiologic study

 

Adjusted Odds of Response to Open-Ended Questiona

 

Panel 1 Baseline

n = 74,664

Panel 1 Follow-up

n= 54,250

Panel 2 Baseline

n= 29,902

Characteristic

AOR

95% CI

AOR

95% CI

AOR

95% CI

Sex

      

   Male

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   Female

1.07*

1.02, 1.12

1.09*

1.03, 1.16

1.00

0.92, 1.07

Birth year

      

   Before 1960

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

   1960-1969

0.83*

0.79, 0.87

0.81*

0.76, 0.86

0.78

0.53, 1.15

   1970-1979

0.65*

0.61, 0.96

0.71*

0.67, 0.76

0.64*

0.44, 0.93

   1980 or later

0.52*

0.47, 0.58

0.57*

0.50, 0.65

0.49*

0.34, 0.71

Education

      

   High school or less

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   Some college

1.03

0.98, 1.09

1.09*

1.02, 1.16

1.33*

1.11, 1.59

   Bachelor's degree

1.07

0.99, 1.15

1.13*

1.05, 1.22

1.17*

1.00, 1.37

   Advanced degree

1.07

0.97, 1.18

1.17*

1.06, 1.29

1.15

0.88, 1.50

Marital status

      

   Married

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   Not married

1.09*

1.04, 1.14

1.06*

1.01, 1.12

1.06

0.98, 1.14

Race/ethnicity

      

   White non-Hispanic

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   Black non-Hispanic

0.71*

0.67, 0.75

0.82*

0.76, 0.88

0.80*

0.72, 0.90

   Other

0.95*

0.90, 1.00

1.07*

1.00, 1.14

0.99

0.90, 1.08

2001-2007 deploymentb

      

   No

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   Yes

0.88*

0.84, 0.91

1.13*

1.08, 1.19

1.10*

1.02, 1.18

Military rank

      

   Enlisted

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   Officer

1.07

0.99, 1.15

1.05

0.97, 1.14

1.06

0.88, 1.27

Service component

      

   Reserve/Guard

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   Active duty

1.50*

1.44, 1.57

1.14*

1.09, 1.20

1.32*

1.22, 1.43

Branch of service

      

   Air Force

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   Army

1.30*

1.24, 1.38

1.43*

1.35, 1.52

1.72*

1.57, 1.88

   Navy/Coast Guard

1.26*

1.18, 1.34

1.35*

1.26, 1.45

1.39*

1.24, 1.55

   Marine Corps

1.42*

1.30, 1.56

1.56*

1.38, 1.76

1.82*

1.59, 2.08

Occupational category

      

   Others

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   Health care specialists

0.90*

0.84, 0.96

1.00

0.93, 1.08

0.76*

0.67, 0.86

   Combat specialists

1.07*

1.02, 1.13

1.08*

1.02, 1.15

1.18*

1.07, 1.29

General healthc

      

   Very good/excellent

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   Good

1.55*

1.49, 1.61

1.47*

1.39, 1.54

1.60*

1.48, 1.72

   Fair/poor

2.66*

2.50, 2.84

2.79*

2.59, 3.00

3.08*

2.79, 3.41

  1. *Indicates statistical significance at the α = 0.05 level, with a 95% confidence interval that excluded 1.00.
  2. a Includes participants who had a meaningful response to the open-ended question, "Do you have any concerns that are not covered in this survey that you would like to share? A separated logistic regression model was run for panel 1 baseline, panel 1 follow-up, and panel 2 baseline populations.
  3. bAny deployment in support of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan September 2001-October 2007.
  4. c Self-reported general health from the question, "In general, would you say your health is excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor?"