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Table 2 Participant characteristics

From: Veteran-centered barriers to VA mental healthcare services use

Variable

 

Veteran Integrated Service Network (VISN)

 
 

Yes/No

VISN 1 Maine (N = 24)

VISN 16 Arkansas (N = 21)

VISN 21 California (N = 21)

Total

(N = 66)

CDA Phases

 

N

 

N

 

N

 

N

 

 Free List

 

7

 

7

 

9

 

23

 

 Pile sort

 

12

 

10

 

7

 

29

 

 Interpretation task

 

5

 

4

 

5

 

14

 

Prior mental health visit

Yes

14

 

14

 

12

 

40

 
 

No

10

 

7

 

9

 

26

 

Gender

 Male

 

17

 

16

 

17

 

50

 

 Female

 

7

 

5

 

4

 

16

 

Ethnicity

 Hispanic/Latino

Yes

1

 

4

 

4

 

9

 
 

No/missing

23

 

17

 

17

 

57

 

Race

 American Indian

Yes

0

 

2

 

3

 

5

 

 Asian

Yes

0

 

0

 

3

 

3

 

 Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

Yes

0

 

0

 

1

 

1

 

 Black

Yes

1

 

11

 

0

 

12

 

 White/not-Hispanic

Yes

20

 

7

 

15

 

42

 

 White/Hispanic

YES

0

 

3

 

4

 

7

 

 Multi-racial

Yes

1

 

0

 

1

 

2

 

 Other

Yes

1

 

0

 

1

 

2

 

Age

Mean

47.4

39.5

45.2

44

Employment

Student

2

 

1

 

2

 

5

 
 

Homemaker

1

 

0

 

0

 

1

 

Disabled

10

 

6

 

5

 

21

 

Full-time

6

 

11

 

8

 

25

 

Part-time

1

 

2

 

2

 

5

 

Sick leave

0

 

0

 

1

 

1

 

Other

0

 

0

 

1

 

1

 

Retired

3

 

0

 

0

 

3

 

Unemployed

1

 

1

 

1

 

3

 

On SSI/SSDI

0

 

0

 

1

 

1

 

Service disability

Yes

8

 

5

 

3

 

16

 

No

1

 

0

 

0

 

1

 

N/A

14

 

15

 

15

 

44

 

Don’t know

1

 

1

 

3

 

5

 

Income

0–50,000

16

 

15

 

15

 

46

 

50,001+

7

 

6

 

6

 

19

 

Refused

1

 

0

 

0

 

1

 

Alcohol

Yes

15

 

9

 

16

 

40

 

PTSD

Yes

7

 

11

 

6

 

24

 

Depression

Yes

8

 

12

 

8

 

28

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