Employment History of GuLF STUDY Participants - Reported at Enrollment

04/07/2014

Characteristic	N	%
Current Employment Status
Employed	20,806	66.0
Unemployed	6,470	20.5
Other	4,268	13.5
Military Service History
Served, Active Duty	2,564	8.1
Served, Veteran	5,133	16.2
Reserves/National Guard Training Only	273	0.9
Never Served	23,637	74.8
Served in Combat
Yes	1,614	5.1
No	29,879	94.9

Report does not include Vietnamese-speaking participants who took a short version of the enrollment questionnaire.

The Ns for individual characteristics may be slightly less than the total N due to a small percentage of don't know and refusal responses.

Served in combat based on response to a question about receipt of combat pay.
For current employment status, other includes retired, disabled, homemakers, and students.

Preliminary interim data.

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