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- Table 1: Sociodemographic and military characteristics of respondents (unweighted n = 6696)
Characteristic Weighted no.*† (%) of respondents 95% CI Sex Male 55 480 (86.2) 85.3-87.0 Female 8920 (13.9) 13.0-14.7 Age group, yr 17-24 8560 (13.3) 12.4-14.2 25-29 12 640 (19.6) 18.6-20.7 30-34 11 580 (18.0) 17.0-19.0 35-39 9220 (14.3) 13.4-15.3 40-44 8640 (13.4) 12.6-14.2 45-49 7820 (12.1) 11.4-12.9 50-69 7820 (9.2) 8.5-9.9 Ethnicity White 57 900 (90.1) 89.3-90.9 Other 6360 (9.9) 9.1- 0.7 Marital status Single (never married) 17 300 (26.9) 25.8-28.0 Married/common-law 42 200 (65.6) 64.5-66.7 Widowed/divorced/separated 4840 (7.5) 6.9-8.2 Region Atlantic 14 480 (22.5) 21.5-23.5 Quebec 9740 (15.1) 14.3-16.0 Central/Ontario 23 660 (36.7) 35.5-38.0 Western 16 540 (25.7) 24.5-26.8 Rank category‡ Junior noncommissioned member 35 440 (55.0) 54.8-55.2 Senior noncomissioned member 15 500 (24.1) 23.8-24.3 Officer 13 460 (20.9) 20.8-21.0 Element Army 34 220 (53.1) 51.9-54.3 Navy 11 100 (17.2) 16.3-18.2 Air Force 19 100 (29.7) 28.6-30.8 Ever deployed No 24 780 (38.5) 37.6-39.4 Yes Note: CI = confidence interval.
*Weighted to the entire Canadian Regular Force in service in September 2012. To protect the identity of respondents, Statistics Canada permits the release only of weighted cell counts, which must be rounded to the nearest 20. We calculated prevalence rates using these rounded cell counts.
†Totals may not add up owing to rounding.
‡Junior noncommissioned member includes the ranks of Master Corporal/Master Seaman and below; senior noncommissioned member includes the ranks of Sergeant/Petty Officer 2nd class and above.
Sexual assault category Weighted no.†‡ (%) of participants (95% CI) Men
n = 55 380Women
n = 8900Total
n = 64 280No lifetime sexual assault 51 640 (93.3) (92.6-94.0) 5360 (60.1) (56.8-63.3) 57 000 (88.7) (87.9-89.5) Lifetime non-military-related sexual assault Forced sexual activity -§ -§ -§ Unwanted sexual touching 3120 (5.6) (5.0-6.3) 2120 (23.8) (20.9-26.6) 5240 (8.2) (7.5-8.8) Any sexual assault¶ 3260 (5.9) (5.2-6.5) 2160 (24.2) (21.3-27.1) 5420 (8.4) (7.8-9.2) Lifetime military-related sexual assault** Forced sexual activity 100 (0.2) (0.1-0.3) 680 (7.6) (5.9-9.5) 780 (1.2) (1.0-1.5) Unwanted sexual touching 420 (0.8) (0.5-1.0) 1320 (14.8) (12.5-17.1) 1740 (2.7) (2.3-3.1) Any sexual assault¶ 460 (0.8) (0.6-1.1) 1380 (15.5) (13.1-17.8) 1840 (2.9) (2.5-3.3) Note: CI = confidence interval.
*Cases representing 0.19% of the population were excluded because of missing values.
†Weighted to the entire Canadian Regular Force in service in September 2012. To protect the identity of respondents, Statistics Canada permits the release only of weighted cell counts, which must be rounded to the nearest 20. We calculated prevalence rates using these rounded cell counts.
‡Totals may not add up owing to rounding.
§These values are suppressed owing to Statistics Canada's guidelines for vetting of output. Although the cell sizes were above the prescribed minimum for this survey (unweighted n ≥ 5), earlier versions of the table released with minimally recoded variables had results that differed from these results by less than the minimum cell requirement and hence could not be released.
¶Includes forced sexual activity and unwanted sexual touching, which are not mutually exclusive.
**With or without lifetime non-military-related sexual assault.
Type of sexual assault; context Weighted no.* (%) of participants (95% CI) Men
n = 460Women
n = 1380Total
n = 1840Forced sexual activity While deployed on CAF mission -† 160 (23.5) (12.7-34.3) -† Occurred in CAF workplace (other than deployment) -† 420 (61.8) (49.6-74.0) -† Committed by CAF member or civilian DND employee 80 (80.0) (51.8-100.0) 620 (91.2) (84.5-97.9) 700 (89.7) (82.6-96.8) Any forced sexual activity‡ 100 680 780 Unwanted sexual touching While deployed on CAF mission -† 360 (27.3) (19.5-35.0) -† Occurred in CAF workplace (other than deployment) 260 (61.9) (46.6-77.2) 780 (59.1) (50.4-67.8) 1040 (59.8) (52.2-67.4) Committed by CAF member or civilian DND employee 380 (90.5) (79.7-100) 1240 (93.9) (90.6-97.3) 1620 (93.1) (89.2-97.0) Any unwanted sexual touching‡ 420 1320 1740 Any sexual assault While deployed on CAF mission 60 (13.0) (2.4-23.7) 380 (27.5) (20.0-35.1) 440 (23.9) (17.6-30.3) Occurred in CAF workplace (other than deployment) 260 (56.5) (41.4-71.6) 820 (59.4) (51.0-67.8) 1080 (58.7) (51.3-66.1) Committed by CAF member or civilian DND employee 380 (82.6) (70.9-94.3) 1300 (94.2) (90.5-97.9) 1680 (91.3) (87.2-95.4) Any sexual assault‡ 460 1380 1840 Note: CI = confidence interval, CAF = Canadian Armed Forces, DND = Department of National Defence.
*Weighted to the entire Canadian Regular Force in service in September 2012. To protect the identity of respondents, Statistics Canada permits the release only of weighted cell counts, which must be rounded to the nearest 20. We calculated prevalence rates using these rounded cell counts.
†Insufficient data for presentation (does not meet Statistics Canada's minimum cell count requirements).
‡This does not reflect the sum of the contexts, as the categories are not mutually exclusive.
- Table 4: Lifetime sexual assault category by sociodemographic and military risk factors, among women*
Risk factor Weighted no.†‡ (%) of participants (95% CI)§
n = 8900Total weighted no.‡ No lifetime sexual assault Lifetime non-military-related sexual assault Lifetime military-related sexual assault Age group, yr < 30 1780 (68.5) (62.1-74.9) 460 (17.7) (12.5-22.9) 340 (13.1) (8.3-17.9) 2600 30-39 1740 (58.8) (52.8-64.7) 760 (25.7) (20.3-31.1) 460 (15.5) (11.5-19.6) 2960 ≥ 40 1840 (55.1) (49.8-60.4) 940 (28.1) (23.2-33.1) 580 (17.4) (13.5-21.2) 3340 Ethnicity White 4820 (60.9) (57.3-64.4) 1860 (23.5) (20.3-26.6) 1240 (15.7) (13.1-18.2) 7920 Other 540 (55.1) (44.1-66.1) 300 (30.6) (20.3-41.0) 140 (14.3) (7.0-21.6) 980 Marital status Single (never married) 1220 (53.0) (46.5-60.5) 560 (24.6) (18.4-30.8) 520 (22.8) (16.9-28.7) 2280 Married/common-law 3420 (62.0) (57.8-66.1) 1340 (24.4) (20.5-28.0) 760 (13.8) (11.1-16.6) 5500 Widowed/divorced/separated 720 (64.3) (54.4-74.2) 260 (23.2) (14.1-32.4) 120 (10.7) (4.9-16.5) 1120 Region Atlantic 1060 (65.4) (58.0-72.8) 380 (23.5) (16.9-30.0) 180 (11.1) (6.3-15.9) 1620 Quebec 780 (65.0) (55.9-74.1) 280 (23.3) (15.3-31.3) 140 (11.7) (5.2-18.1) 1200 Central/Ontario 2380 (61.3) (56.2-66.5) 960 (24.7) (20.1-29.4) 540 (13.9) (10.5-17.3) 3880 Western 1160 (52.3) (45.2-59.3) 540 (24.3) (18.0-30.6) 520 (23.4) (17.6-29.3) 2220 Rank category¶ Junior noncommissioned member 2760 (59.5) (54.2-64.8) 1320 (28.4) (23.5-33.4) 580 (12.5) (9.0-16.0) 4640 Senior noncommissioned member 1180 (58.4) (52.4-64.4) 420 (20.8) (15.9-25.7) 420 (20.8) (15.9-25.7) 2020 Officer 1440 (63.7) (58.3-69.2) 440 (19.5) (15.1-23.9) 380 (16.8) (12.5-21.1) 2260 Element Army 2400 (60.0) (54.9-65.1) 1000 (25.0) (20.4-29.6) 620 (15.5) (11.8-19.2) 4000 Navy 940 (60.3) (52.6-68.0) 320 (20.5) (14.3-26.7) 300 (19.2) (13.0-25.5) 1560 Air Force 2040 (61.1) (55.5-66.6) 860 (25.7) (20.6-30.9) 460 (13.8) (10.1-17.4) 3340 Ever deployed No 2860 (64.4) (59.3-69.5) 1040 (23.4) (18.8-28.0) 540 (12.2) (8.8-15.5) 4440 Yes 2500 (56.1) (51.6-60.5) 1140 (25.6) (21.7-29.5) 840 (18.8) (15.3-22.3) 4460 No. of types of lifetime nonsexual trauma, mean (95% CI) 2.10 (1.91-2.29) 3.96 (3.55-4.37) 4.90 (4.32-5.45) 2.99 (2.80-3.18) Note: CI = confidence interval.
*Cases representing 0.2% of the population were excluded because of missing values.
†Weighted to the entire Canadian Regular Force in service in September 2012. To protect the identity of respondents, Statistics Canada permits the release only of weighted cell counts, which must be rounded to the nearest 20. We calculated prevalence rates using these rounded cell counts.
‡Totals may not add up owing to rounding.
§Except where noted otherwise.
- Table 5: Association of sociodemographic and military characteristics with lifetime sexual assault category among women*†
Characteristic Relative risk ratio (95% CI)‡
Weighted n = 8900§Unadjusted Adjusted Lifetime non-military-related sexual assault v. no sexual assault Lifetime military-related sexual assault v. no sexual assault Lifetime non-military-related sexual assault v. no sexual assault Lifetime military-related sexual assault v. no sexual assault Age group, yr < 30 Reference Reference Reference Reference 30-39 1.66 (1.05-2.62) 1.36 (0.80-2.31) 1.62 (0.98-2.66) 1.22 (0.67-2.23) ≥ 40 yr 1.93 (1.22-3.05) 1.64 (0.98-2.74) 2.10 (1.20-3.67) 1.44 (0.79-2.65) Ethnicity White Reference Reference -¶ - ¶ Other 1.44 (0.84-2.49) 1.06 (0.54-2.11) - ¶ - ¶ Marital status Single (never married) 1.19 (0.79-1.81) 1.91 (1.24-2.94) 1.57 (0.98-2.52) 2.58 (1.56-4.25) Married/common-law Reference Reference Reference Reference Widowed/divorced/separated 0.93 (0.52-1.66) 0.78 (0.39-1.56) 0.73 (0.38-1.41) 0.62 (0.29-1.35) Region Atlantic 0.90 (0.55-1.46) 0.77 (0.43-1.40) 0.97 (0.57-1.64) 1.01 (0.52-1.97) Quebec 0.89 (0.51-1.57) 0.84 (0.41-1.72) 0.87 (0.48-1.57) 1.02 (0.48-2.14) Ontario Reference Reference Reference Reference Western 1.16 (0.74-1.83) 1.97 (1.27-3.07) 1.16 (0.71-1.88) 2.34 (1.47-3.72) Rank category Junior noncommissioned member Reference Reference Reference Reference Senior noncommissioned member 0.75 (0.49-1.14) 1.76 (1.11-2.78) 0.64 (0.39-1.06) 1.93 (1.11-3.35) Officer 0.64 (0.44-0.93) 1.29 (0.81-2.06) 0.75 (0.49-1.14) 2.05 (1.21-3.45) Element Army Reference Reference - ¶ - ¶ Navy 0.81 (0.51-1.30) 1.28 (0.78-2.10) - ¶ - ¶ Air Force 1.00 (0.68-1.48) 0.87 (0.55-1.38) - ¶ - ¶ Ever deployed No Reference Reference Reference Reference Yes 1.25 (0.88-1.78) 1.75 (1.17-2.64) 0.76 (0.51-1.15) 0.86 (0.54-1.37) Count of types of lifetime nonsexual trauma 1.33 (1.24-1.44) 1.46 (1.34-1.60) 1.34 (1.23-1.45) 1.51 (1.37-1.66) Note: CI = confidence interval.
*Multinomial logistic regression.
†Cases representing 0.2% of the population were excluded because of missing values.
‡Results are presented as relative risk ratios as opposed to odds ratios so as to provide more comparable estimates of effect size across covariates and outcomes.
§Weighted to the entire Canadian Regular Force in service in September 2012. To protect the identity of respondents, Statistics Canada permits the release only of weighted cell counts, which must be rounded to the nearest 20. We calculated prevalence rates using these rounded cell counts.
¶Not included in final model owing to the lack of an unadjusted association with the outcome.
- Table 6: Prevalence of mental health outcomes and association between lifetime sexual assault and mental health outcomes among women*†‡
Variable Mental health outcome; weighted no.§ (%) of participants (95% CI)
n = 8580-8700Any lifetime mood or anxiety disorder Any past-year mood or anxiety disorder Lifetime PTSD Past-year PTSD Overall 3620 (41.9) (38.5-45.3) 1760 (20.5) (17.6-23.4) 1640 (18.9) (16.0-21.8) 760 (8.7) (6.6-10.9) No lifetime sexual assault 1580 (30.3) (26.4-34.1) 700 (13.5) (10.4-16.6) 420 (8.0) (5.5-10.4) 200 (3.8) (2.1-5.5) Lifetime non-military-related sexual assault 1120 (54.9) (47.1-62.7) 500 (24.8) (18.5-31.0) 660 (32.7) (25.6-39.7) 240 (11.7) (6.6-16.7) Military-related sexual assault 900 (66.2) (58.0-74.3) 560 (41.2) (32.7-49.6) 540 (39.7) (31.1-48.3) 320 (23.5) (16.2-30.9) Adjusted OR¶ (95% CI) Lifetime non-military-related sexual assault v. no lifetime sexual assault 1.87 (1.23-2.85) 1.58 (0.93-2.68) 3.68 (2.14-6.34) 2.14 (0.94-4.86) Military-related sexual assault v. no lifetime sexual assault 2.88 (1.85-4.50) 3.00 (1.79-5.05) 4.32 (2.27-8.20) 4.06 (1.62-10.21) Note: CI = confidence interval, OR = odds ratio, PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder.
*Summary of final binary logistic regression models.
†Cases representing 2.5%-3.8% of the population were excluded from the final model because of missing values.
‡Detailed regression results are shown in Tables 7-10.
§Weighted to the entire Canadian Regular Force in service in September 2012. To protect the identity of respondents, Statistics Canada permits the release only of weighted cell counts, which must be rounded to the nearest 20. We calculated prevalence rates using these rounded cell counts.
¶Adjusted for age group, marital status, region, rank category, element, deployment history and number of lifetime nonsexual traumatic events.
- Table 7: Association of lifetime sexual assault with any lifetime mood or anxiety disorder* among women†‡
Variable Weighted no.§ (%) of participants (95% CI)¶
n in final model = 8620Unadjusted OR
(95% CI)Adjusted OR**
(95% CI)Age group, yr < 30 820 (31.5) (25.0-38.1) Reference Reference 30-39 1240 (43.7) (37.6-49.7) 1.65 (1.12-2.43) 1.50 (0.96-2.33) ≥ 40 yr 1560 (48.4) (43.0-53.9) 2.00 (1.38-2.90) 1.74 (1.07-2.81) Ethnicity White 3240 (42.2) (38.5-45.9) Reference -†† Other 400 (41.7) (30.8-52.6) 0.94 (0.56-1.59) -†† Marital status Single (never married) 1020 (45.5) (38.5-52.6) 1.33 (0.97-1.84) 1.59 (1.06-2.37) Married/common-law 2040 (38.2) (34.0-42.4) Reference Reference Widowed/divorced/separated 560 (53.8) (43.1-64.6) 1.99 (1.22-3.24) 1.98 (1.13-3.44) Region Atlantic 660 (41.8) (33.9-49.7) 1.05 (0.72-1.53) 1.32 (0.85-2.06) Quebec 460 (39.7) (30.3-49.0) 0.95 (0.58-1.55) 0.97 (0.53-1.76) Central/Ontario 1500 (40.1) (34.8-45.4) Reference Reference Western 1020 (47.2) (40.0-54.4) 1.35 (0.94-1.94) 1.28 (0.86-1.91) Rank category Junior noncommissioned member 2000 (44.4) (39.0-49.9) Reference Reference Senior noncommissioned member 840 (42.9) (36.8-49.0) 0.95 (0.67-1.35) 0.74 (0.48-1.14) Officer 780 (35.5) (30.0-40.9) 0.68 (0.49-0.95) 0.77 (0.53-1.12) Element Army 1780 (45.2) (39.9-50.5) Reference Reference Navy 540 (35.5) (27.8-43.3) 0.66 (0.45-0.98) 0.73 (0.46-1.16) Air Force 1300 (40.6) (34.9-46.3) 0.82 (0.59-1.12) 0.88 (0.61-1.27) Ever deployed No 1520 (35.3) (24.3-46.4) Reference Reference Yes 2100 (48.4) (43.8-52.9) 1.74 (1.29-2.36) 1.20 (0.83-1.72) Lifetime sexual trauma category No lifetime sexual trauma 1580 (30.3) (26.1-34.4) Reference Reference Lifetime non-military-related sexual assault only 1120 (54.9) (47.6-62.2) 2.82 (1.91-4.16) 1.87 (1.23-2.85) Lifetime military-related sexual assault (± non-military-related sexual assault) 900 (66.2) (58.3-74.1) 4.63 (3.12-6.89) 2.88 (1.85-4.50) Count of types of lifetime nonsexual trauma, mean (95% CI) All respondents 2.97 (2.77-3.16) 1.33 (1.25-1.41) 1.22 (1.14-1.31) Respondents without any lifetime mood or anxiety disorder 2.13 (1.94-2.32) Respondents with any lifetime mood or anxiety disorder 4.13 (3.88-4.47) Note: CI = confidence interval, OR = odds ratio.
*Any of posttraumatic stress disorder, major depression, panic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder.
†Binary logistic regression.
‡Cases representing 3.4% of the population were excluded from the final model because of missing values.
§Weighted to the entire Canadian Regular Force in service in September 2012. To protect the identity of respondents, Statistics Canada permits the release only of weighted cell counts, which must be rounded to the nearest 20. We calculated prevalence rates using these rounded cell counts.
¶Except where noted otherwise.
**Adjusted for age group, marital status, region, rank category, element, deployment history and number of lifetime nonsexual traumatic events.
††Not included in final model owing to the lack of an unadjusted association with the outcome.
- Table 8: Association of lifetime sexual assault with any past-year mood or anxiety disorder among women*†
Variable Weighted no.‡ (%) of participants (95% CI)§
n in final model = 8580Unadjusted OR
(95% CI)Adjusted OR¶
(95% CI)Age group, yr < 30 460 (17.8) (12.2-23.4) Reference Reference 30-39 740 (26.1) (20.7-31.4) 1.65 (1.00-2.70) 1.51 (0.84-2.69) ≥ 40 yr 560 (17.5) (13.3-21.7) 0.99 (0.61-1.61) 0.76 (0.39-1.49) Ethnicity White 1600 (20.9) (17.9-24.0) Reference -** Other 160 (17.0) (8.8-25.3) 0.81 (0.42-1.54) - ** Marital status Single (never married) 540 (24.3) (18.1-30.6) 1.57 (1.06-2.34) 1.53 (0.96-2.44) Married/common-law 920 (17.2) (13.9-20.5) Reference Reference Widowed/divorced/separated 320 (30.8) (20.8-40.7) 2.14 (1.25-3.65) 2.44 (1.33-4.50) Region Atlantic 340 (21.5) (14.7-28.3) 1.34 (0.83-2.17) 1.60 (0.92-2.79) Quebec 240 (20.3) (12.6-28.0) 1.30 (0.70-2.39) 1.19 (0.58-2.44) Central/Ontario 620 (16.7) (12.5-20.8) Reference Reference Western 580 (27.1) (20.8-33.4) 1.84 (1.17-2.88) 1.59 (0.98-2.59) Rank category Junior noncommissioned member 1000 (22.4) (17.8-27.1) Reference Reference Senior noncommissioned member 400 (20.6) (15.5-25.7) 0.90 (0.59-1.37) 0.90 (0.53-1.53) Officer 360 (16.4) (12.1-20.6) 0.68 (0.45-1.02) 0.78 (0.49-1.22) Element Army 900 (23.1) (18.5-27.6) Reference Reference Navy 320 (21.3) (14.4-28.3) 0.92 (0.57-1.50) 1.01 (0.58-1.78) Air Force 560 (17.6) (13.3-22.0) 0.70 (0.46-1.06) 0.80 (0.50-1.29) Ever deployed No 700 (16.1) (12.1-20.2) Reference Reference Yes 1080 (25.4) (21.3-29.4) 1.74 (1.18-2.58) 1.52 (0.93-2.68) Lifetime sexual trauma category No lifetime sexual trauma 1580 (30.3) (26.1-34.4) Reference Reference Non-military-related sexual assault only 1120 (54.9) (47.6-62.2) 2.06 (1.30-3.27) 1.58 (0.93-2.68) Military-related sexual assault (± non-military-related sexual assault) 900 (66.2) (58.3-74.1) 4.46 (2.90-6.86) 3.00 (1.79-5.05) Count of types of lifetime nonsexual trauma, mean (95% CI) All respondents 2.95 (2.76-3.15) 1.23 (1.15-1.31) 1.15 (1.07-1.24) Respondents without any past-year mood or anxiety disorder 2.59 (2.39-2.78) Respondents with any past-year mood or anxiety disorder 4.37 (3.84-4.89) Note: CI = confidence interval, OR = odds ratio.
*Binary logistic regression.
†Cases representing 3.8% of the population were excluded from the final model because of missing values.
‡Weighted to the entire Canadian Regular Force in service in September 2012. To protect the identity of respondents, Statistics Canada permits the release only of weighted cell counts, which must be rounded to the nearest 20. We calculated prevalence rates using these rounded cell counts.
§Except where noted otherwise.
¶Adjusted for age group, marital status, region, rank category, element, deployment history and number of lifetime nonsexual traumatic events.
**Not included in final model owing to the lack of an unadjusted association with the outcome.
Variable Weighted no.‡ (%) of participants (95% CI)§
n in final model = 8660Unadjusted OR
(95% CI)Adjusted OR¶
(95% CI)Age group, yr < 30 yr 380 (14.6) (9.5-19.7) Reference Reference 30-39 580 (20.4) (15.4-25.4) 1.53 (0.90-2.62) 1.49 (0.78-2.83) ≥ 40 680 (21.0) (16.4-25.6) 1.62 (0.96-2.72) 1.42 (0.70-2.91) Ethnicity White 1440 (18.7) (15.7-21.6) Reference -** Other 200 (21.3) (12.5-30.0) 1.19 (0.69-2.07) -** Marital status Single (never married) 520 (23.2) (17.0-29.5) 1.60 (1.04-2.45) 1.68 (0.95-2.95) Married/common-law 860 (15.9) (12.7-19.1) Reference Reference Widowed/divorced/separated 260 (25.5) (15.9-35.1) 1.77 (1.01-3.11) 2.01 (1.00-4.04) Region Atlantic 220 (13.9) (8.6-19.2) 0.63 (0.37-1.08) 0.69 (0.37-1.31) Quebec 160 (13.6) (7.1-20.0) 0.67 (0.35-1.28) 0.54 (0.25-1.21) Central/Ontario 760 (20.2) (15.7-24.7) Reference Reference Western 480 (22.2) (16.0-28.4) 1.16 (0.73-1.82) 0.99 (0.56-1.74) Rank category Junior noncommissioned member 1000 (22.3) (17.7-27.0) Reference Reference Senior noncommissioned member 400 (20.2) (15.2-25.2) 0.91 (0.59-1.41) 0.81 (0.45-1.45) Officer 240 (10.8) (7.4-14.2) 0.41 (0.26-0.65) 0.51 (0.29-0.90) Element Army 820 (20.7) (16.2-25.2) Reference Reference Navy 220 (14.5) (8.7-20.2) 0.64 (0.36-1.13) 0.86 (0.43-1.32) Air Force 600 (18.6) (14.1-23.2) 0.85 (0.55-1.31) 0.94 (0.57-1.56) Ever deployed No 720 (16.5) (12.3-20.7) Reference Reference Yes 920 (21.3) (17.6-25.0) 1.38 (0.93-2.04) 0.80 (0.49-1.32) Lifetime sexual trauma category No lifetime sexual trauma 1580 (30.3) (26.1-34.4) Reference Reference Non-military-related sexual assault only 1120 (54.9) (47.6-62.2) 5.62 (3.46-9.13) 3.68 (2.14-6.34) Military-related sexual assault (± non-military-related sexual assault) 900 (66.2) (58.3-74.1) 7.74 (4.75-12.60) 4.32 (2.27-8.2) Count of types of lifetime nonsexual trauma, mean (95% CI) All respondents 2.95 (2.76-3.14) 1.42 (1.32-1.52) 1.32 (1.21-1.44) Respondents without any lifetime PTSD 2.40 (2.21-2.57) Respondents with any lifetime PTSD 5.33 (4.79-5.87) Note: CI = confidence interval, OR = odds ratio, PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder.
*Binary logistic regression.
†Cases representing 2.9% of the population were excluded from the final model because of missing values.
‡Weighted to the entire Canadian Regular Force in service in September 2012. To protect the identity of respondents, Statistics Canada permits the release only of weighted cell counts, which must be rounded to the nearest 20. We calculated prevalence rates using these rounded cell counts.
§Except where noted otherwise.
¶Adjusted for age group, marital status, region, rank category, element, deployment history and number of lifetime nonsexual traumatic events.
**Not included in final model owing to the lack of an unadjusted association with the outcome.
Variable Weighted no.‡ (%) of participants (95% CI)§
n in final model = 8700Unadjusted OR
(95% CI)Adjusted OR¶
(95% CI)Age group, yr < 30 200 (7.7) (3.5-11.9) Reference Reference 30-39 320 (11.2) (7.2-15.1) 1.55 (0.73-3.29) 1.48 (0.61-3.57) ≥ 40 240 (7.4) (4.5-10.3) 0.93 (0.44-1.99) 0.62 (0.24-1.59) Ethnicity White 680 (8.8) (6.5-11.0) Reference -** Other 100 (10.6) (4.6-16.6) 1.12 (0.52-2.41) -** Marital status Single (never married) 280 (12.5) (7.4-17.6) 1.92 (1.06-3.47) 1.75 (0.84-3.64) Married/common-law 360 (6.7) (4.5-8.8) Reference Reference Widowed/divorced/separated 140 (13.5) (5.8-21.1) 1.99 (0.84-4.68) 2.58 (0.91-7.25) Region Atlantic 100 (6.3) (3.1-9.4) 0.54 (0.25-1.16) 0.63 (0.26-1.57) Quebec 60 (5.1) (1.4-8.8) 0.47 (0.16-1.38) 0.34 (0.10-1.15) Central/Ontario 380 (10.1) (6.4-13.7) Reference Reference Western 240 (11.2) (6.6-15.8) 1.08 (0.57-2.04) 0.88 (0.41-1.87) Rank category Junior noncommissioned member 460 (10.2) (6.7-13.7) Reference Reference Senior noncommissioned member 180 (9.1) (5.3-12.9) 0.92 (0.5-1.72) 0.96 (0.44-2.13) Officer 120 (5.4) (3.0-7.9) 0.47 (0.26-0.95) 0.67 (0.29-1.55) Element Army 420 (10.7) (7.2-14.1) Reference Reference Navy 100 (6.6) (2.3-10.8) 0.64 (0.29-1.44) 0.84 (0.31-2.27) Air Force 240 (7.4) (4.2-10.5) 0.71 (0.38-1.32) 0.84 (0.40-1.77) Ever deployed No 300 (6.8) (3.8-9.9) Reference Yes 460 (10.6) (7.7-13.6) 1.64 (0.92-2.94) 1.10 (0.57-2.13) Lifetime sexual trauma category No lifetime sexual trauma 200 (3.8) (2.0-5.5) Reference Reference Non-military-related sexual assault only 240 (11.7) (6.4-16.9) 3.51 (1.71-7.19) 2.14 (0.94-4.86) Military-related sexual assault (± non-military-related sexual assault) 320 (23.5) (15.9-31.2) 7.80 (4.12-14.94) 4.06 (1.62-10.21) Count of types of lifetime nonsexual trauma, mean (95% CI) All respondents 2.95 (2.76-3.15) 1.39 (1.28-1.52) 1.31 (1.17-1.47) Respondents without any lifetime PTSD 5.98 (5.11-6.84) Respondents with any lifetime PTSD 2.66 (2.48-2.85) Note: CI = confidence interval, OR = odds ratio, PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder.
*Binary logistic regression.
†Cases representing 2.5% of the population were excluded from the final model because of missing values.
‡Weighted to the entire Canadian Regular Force in service in September 2012. To protect the identity of respondents, Statistics Canada permits the release only of weighted cell counts, which must be rounded to the nearest 20. We calculated prevalence rates using these rounded cell counts.
§Except where noted otherwise.
¶Adjusted for age group, marital status, region, rank category, element, deployment history and number of lifetime nonsexual traumatic events.
**Not included in final model owing to the lack of an unadjusted association with the outcome.