Table 3 Sample Characteristics by Gender and Response Status
Characteristic as obtained from VA databases | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | Respondent? | Overall | Respondent? | |||
| Â | No | Yes | Â | No | Yes | |
N = 480 | n = 281 | n = 199 | N = 480 | n = 269 | n = 211 | |
Age < 30 | 30.4 | 35.2*** | 23.6 | 32.3 | 34.2 | 29.9 |
Race | ||||||
 White | 58.1 | 58.0 | 58.3 | 40.6 | 37.2 | 45.0 |
 Black | 19.6 | 19.6 | 19.6 | 36.5 | 37.9 | 34.6 |
 Hispanic | 13.3 | 11.7 | 15.6 | 10.2 | 11.5 | 8.5 |
 Asian | 6.5 | 7.1 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 6.6 |
 Other/Unknown | 2.5 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 5.2 |
Combat exposure | 67.1 | 67.3 | 66.8 | 41.3 | 37.6 | 46.0 |
Military sexual trauma exposure | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 45.6 | 46.5 | 44.6 |
Serious mental illness | 5.2 | 4.1 | 6.7 | 8.2 | 5.6* | 11.4 |
Charlson Comorbidity Index > 0 | 11.7 | 10.7 | 13.1 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 10.9 |
VA disability benefits for PTSD | 56.3 | 54.8 | 58.3 | 45.2 | 40.5* | 51.2 |
Any VA disability benefits | 81.9 | 78.3* | 86.9 | 77.3 | 75.5 | 79.6 |