106 5 CHAPTER 5 it included more females (χ2(1,N=1008)=6.01,p=.014), more lower and middle education level (χ2(2,N=1008)=7.25,p=.027), and more non-commissioned officers (χ2(2,N=1006)=8.26,p=.016). The majority quit while answering mental health questions. Non-disclosure (intentions) Of those with MHI (N=324), 24.4% indicated not having disclosed their MHI to their supervisor. Of those without MHI (N=554), 15.7% did not intend to disclose if they would develop MHI in the future. Sample characteristics Sample characteristics can be found in Table 1. For personnel with MHI, there was a significant association between marital status and non-disclosure decision (χ2(1,N=324)=5.53,p=.019) with more people with a partner within the non-disclosers group. Those who had not disclosed, reported significantly lower symptom severity (M=6.01) compared to those who had disclosed (M=7.38,U=5885.5,Z=-5.37,p<.001). For personnel without MHI, there were no significant differences in demographics based on non-disclosure intentions. Information on reported MHI can be found in Appendix B. Table 1. Characteristics of the sample separated by military personnel with and without mental health issues or illness (MHI). Military personnel with MHI Military personnel without MHI Disclosure N=245 Nondisclosure N=79 Total N=324 Disclosure intention N=467 Nondisclosure intention N=87 Total N=554 N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) Demographics Sex Male 215 (87.8) 68 (86.1) 283 (87.4) 430 (92.1) 79 (90.8) 509 (91.9) Female 30 (12.2) 11 (13.9) 41 (12.7) 37 (7.9) 8 (9.2) 45 (8.1) Age <20 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 21-30 15 (6.1) 12 (15.2) 27 (8.3) 55 (11.8) 10 (11.5) 65 (11.7) 31-40 81 (33.1) 26 (32.9) 107 (33.0) 149 (31.9) 41 (47.1) 190 (34.3) 41-50 76 (31.0) 19 (24.1) 95 (29.3) 134 (28.7) 18 (20.7) 152 (27.4) 51-60 68 (27.8) 21 (26.6) 89 (27.5) 119 (25.5) 17 (19.5) 136 (24.6) >60 5 (2.0) 1 (1.3) 6 (1.9) 10 (2.1) 1 (1.2) 11 (2.0) Marital Status Partner (vs. Single) 183 (74.7) 69 (87.3) 252 (77.8) 394 (84.4) 76 (87.4) 470 (84.8) Educational Level Low 26 (10.6) 4 (5.1) 30 (9.3) 49 (10.5) 2 (2.3) 51 (9.2) Medium 136 (55.5) 39 (49.4) 175 (54.0) 242 (51.8) 48 (55.2) 290 (52.4) High 83 (33.9) 36 (45.6) 119 (36.7) 176 (37.7) 37 (42.5) 213 (38.5)
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