Part B: Marital History
Question B1
What is your current marital status?
Question B2
How many times have you been married (or lived in a de facto relationship)?
Female Vietnam Veterans' Marital Status Veterans' Responses† Expected Number
Married 107 (49%) 153b 92-122a
Separated 6 (3%) 8b 1-11a
Divorced 20 (9%) 23b 11-29a
Widowed 13 (6%) 26b 6-20a
Never Married (includes de facto) 74 (34%) 9b 60-88a a 95% confidence interval for number of veterans reporting marital status
b Calculated using age-specific registered marital status from Selected Social & Housing characteristics: ABS catalogue no. 2015.0 199647
†Three veterans did not respond to this question, leaving 220 responses, indicating current marital status only.Comment on Comparisons
The numbers of married, separated, divorced and widowed veterans are all lower than would be expected in a similar group of Australian women, while the number never married greatly exceeds community expectations. Four veterans reported living in de facto relationships, which is consistent with the age-adjusted rate in the community39. As health status for many conditions is related to marital status, this represents a methodological difficulty for interpretation of the results of this survey.
This finding is not unexpected, given the problems associated with locating women with both military and civilian backgrounds.
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