Journal article
The Pervasive Role of Rank in the Health of U.S. Veterans
Armed forces and society, Vol.36(5), pp.765-785
10/01/2010
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/115633
PMCID: PMC2992345
PMID: 21113413
Abstract
The following article tests the hypothesis that veterans have better health if they were officers when they were in the U.S. military than if they served in the enlisted ranks. It examines this hypothesis by presenting results from logistic regressions that are based on four surveys: the National Survey of Veterans, the Survey of Retired Military, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, and the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. In all four of these surveys, the evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that military rank is associated with health, particularly among veterans who served longer. It also suggests that the health gradient by rank is independent of similar gradients by education and income as well as health differences by race. These findings indicate that health may be influenced not just by differences in civilian society but also by those in the military.
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- Title
- The Pervasive Role of Rank in the Health of U.S. Veterans
- Creators
- Alair MacLean - Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver, WARyan D Edwards - Queens College, City University of New York, New York, NY
- Publication Details
- Armed forces and society, Vol.36(5), pp.765-785
- Academic Unit
- Sociology, Department of
- Identifiers
- 99900548022501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article