Table 2 Comparison of this sample, and the overall Army National Guard and Reserves

Age - Mean years (SD; range)

28.0 (8.3; 18–57 years)

Ages 18–60 years (ARNG overall Mean age approx. 33 years; Army Reserve enlisted average age is 31 years*)

Component

Army NG

554 (72.2%)

Deployed reservist Army personnel are 71% ARNG & 29% Army Reserves +

Army Reserve

202 (26.3%)

Active or Other

11 (1.4%)

Males

688 (89.7%)

Army NG female = 13.4% Ŧ

Females

79 (10.3%)

Army Reserve female = 23.8% Ŧ

Overall Army Res comp. = 17.6% Ŧ

Education – Mean years (SD)

97.4% were high school graduates or equivalent and 2.0% had bachelor’s degree or equivalent number of years.

In the Army NG and Army Reserve 99.8% and 99.3%, respectively were high school graduates or equivalent, and 15% had a bachelor’s degree*

Race

Army NG (%)/Army Reserves (%)

White

592 (77.2%)

Black

69 (9.0%)

White 73.0 57.3

American Indian

21 (2.7%)

Black 13.9 23.2

Asian/Pac. Islander

21 (2.8%)

Other

48 (6.3%)

Asian/Pac. Isl. 1.9 4.4

Declined/Missing

16 (2.1%)

Other 1.3 0.7

Ethnicity

Unknown 1.7 0.9

Hispanic

95 (12.4%)

Hispanic 8.2 13.5