Table 4 Participant characteristics by wave 2 mode and preferred follow-up survey mode
From: Survey response over 15 years of follow-up in the Millennium Cohort Study
Wave 2, n=118,948 | Consistent, n=130,134 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Web Responder 98,702 (83.0) | Paper Responder 20,246 (17.0) | Web Responder 111,545 (85.7) | Paper Responder 18,589 (14.3) | |
Row % | Row % | Row % | Row % | |
Panel | ||||
1 | 82.8 | 17.2 | 87.1 | 12.9 |
2 | 83.7 | 16.3 | 84.5 | 15.5 |
3 | 82.4 | 17.6 | 85.6 | 14.4 |
4 | 83.5 | 16.5 | 83.5 | 16.5 |
Sex | ||||
Male | 84.0 | 16.0 | 86.7 | 13.3 |
Female | 80.7 | 19.3 | 83.3 | 16.7 |
Birth year | ||||
Pre-1960 | 77.6 | 22.4 | 82.8 | 17.2 |
1960–1969 | 84.7 | 15.3 | 88.6 | 11.4 |
1970–1979 | 84.6 | 15.4 | 87.6 | 12.4 |
1980 + | 82.6 | 17.4 | 83.8 | 16.2 |
Race and ethnicity | ||||
American Indian or Alaskan Native | 81.4 | 18.6 | 83.1 | 16.9 |
Asian or Pacific Islander | 85.7 | 14.3 | 88.1 | 11.9 |
Hispanic or Latino | 82.8 | 17.2 | 85.3 | 14.7 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 81.7 | 18.3 | 83.8 | 16.2 |
Non-Hispanic White | 83.0 | 17.0 | 85.9 | 14.1 |
Multiracial | 87.0 | 13.0 | 90.4 | 9.6 |
Missing | 76.1 | 23.9 | 77.9 | 22.1 |
Educational attainment | ||||
High school equivalent or less | 78.2 | 21.8 | 79.6 | 20.4 |
Some college, no degree | 83.0 | 17.0 | 85.2 | 14.8 |
Associate degree | 83.2 | 16.8 | 86.6 | 13.4 |
Bachelor’s degree | 85.5 | 14.5 | 89.4 | 10.6 |
Postgraduate degree | 85.5 | 14.5 | 90.6 | 9.4 |
Missing | 50.0 | 50.0 | 82.6 | 17.4 |
Marital status | ||||
Never married | 81.9 | 18.1 | 84.1 | 15.9 |
Married | 84.0 | 16.0 | 87.1 | 12.9 |
No longer married | 80.7 | 19.3 | 83.0 | 17.0 |
Missing | 80.0 | 20.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
Component status | ||||
Active duty | 91.2 | 8.8 | 93.1 | 6.9 |
Reserve/National Guard | 83.0 | 17.0 | 86.9 | 13.1 |
Separated | 70.2 | 29.8 | 74.2 | 25.8 |
Service branch | ||||
Army | 81.7 | 18.3 | 83.7 | 16.3 |
Navy or Coast Guard | 82.5 | 17.5 | 85.8 | 14.2 |
Marine Corps | 78.3 | 21.7 | 81.4 | 18.6 |
Air Force | 86.3 | 13.7 | 89.8 | 10.2 |
Pay grade | ||||
Junior enlisted | 74.0 | 26.0 | 75.9 | 24.1 |
Senior enlisted | 84.4 | 15.6 | 87.1 | 12.9 |
Officer | 86.7 | 13.3 | 90.9 | 9.1 |
Military occupation | ||||
Admin/supply | 82.3 | 17.7 | 85.0 | 15.0 |
Health care | 82.7 | 17.3 | 85.8 | 14.2 |
Other | 83.8 | 16.2 | 86.4 | 13.6 |
Combat specialist | 82.4 | 17.6 | 85.4 | 14.6 |
Length of service, years (mean, SD) | 11.56 (16.24) | 11.92 (22.53) | 11.67 (17.35) | 11.51 (25.48) |
Time deployed, years (mean, SD) | 0.55 (0.73) | 0.45 (0.64) | 0.53 (0.71) | 0.46 (0.64) |
Deployment experience | ||||
Not deployed | 82.8 | 17.2 | 86.1 | 13.9 |
Deployed without combat | 85.5 | 14.5 | 86.7 | 13.3 |
Deployed with combat | 81.9 | 18.1 | 83.5 | 16.5 |
Deployed with unknown combat | 86.7 | 13.3 | 87.4 | 12.6 |
Life stressors | ||||
None | 84.0 | 16.0 | 86.8 | 13.2 |
One | 82.1 | 17.9 | 85.0 | 15.0 |
More than one | 80.5 | 19.5 | 83.0 | 17.0 |
Missing | 86.3 | 13.7 | 86.7 | 13.3 |
Mental healtha | ||||
None | 83.6 | 16.4 | 86.4 | 13.6 |
One | 80.0 | 20.0 | 81.9 | 18.1 |
More than one | 74.2 | 25.8 | 77.2 | 22.8 |
Missing | 86.0 | 14.0 | 86.3 | 13.7 |
Physical healtha | ||||
None | 83.7 | 16.3 | 86.3 | 13.7 |
One | 81.8 | 18.2 | 84.9 | 15.1 |
More than one | 80.2 | 19.8 | 83.0 | 17.0 |
Missing | 87.0 | 13.0 | 88.4 | 11.6 |
Unhealthy behaviorsa | ||||
None | 83.5 | 16.5 | 86.8 | 13.2 |
One | 83.2 | 16.8 | 85.9 | 14.1 |
More than one | 80.6 | 19.4 | 82.4 | 17.6 |
Missing | 86.7 | 13.3 | 86.3 | 13.7 |