Observed prevalence of demographic characteristics, Canadian Regular Force Veterans (LASS 2016) and Canadian general population (CGP) (CCHS 2015–16), by sex*
| Males | Females | |||||
| Veterans | CGP | Veterans vs CGP | Veterans | CGP | Veterans vs CGP | |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married or common-law | 77.5% | 72.4% | V>C | 71.6% | 70.4% | V=C |
| (75.2 to 79.7) | (71.6 to 73.2) | (64.7 to 77.6) | (69.6 to 71.2) | |||
| Separated, widowed or divorced | 10.1% | 8.7% | V=C | 13.0% | 14.2% | V=C |
| (8.6 to 11.9) | (8.3 to 9.1) | (9.4 to 17.8) | (13.7 to 14.7) | |||
| Single, never married | 12.3% | 18.9% | V<C | 15.4% | 15.4% | V=C |
| (10.6 to 14.3) | (18.1 to 19.7) | (10.6 to 21.9) | (14.7 to 16.1) | |||
| Education | ||||||
| Less than high school graduate | 4.2% | 10.5% | V<C | 3.1% | 8.5% | V<C |
| (3.2 to 5.4) | (9.9 to 11.1) | (1.3 to 7.3) | (7.9 to 9.1) | |||
| High school graduate | 42.8% | 21.8% | V>C | 34.0% | 20.8% | V>C |
| (40.2 to 45.5) | (21.1 to 22.5) | (27.2 to 41.5) | (20.2 to 21.4) | |||
| Postsecondary certification | 53.0% | 67.7% | V<C | 62.9% | 70.7% | V=C |
| (50.3 to 55.7) | (66.9 to 68.5) | (55.4 to 69.9) | (70.0 to 71.4) | |||
*CCHS data age-adjusted to LASS distributions; all estimates incorporate survey sampling weights to account for both non-response and the complex stratified sampling designs of the LASS and the CCHS.
CCHS, Canadian Community Health Survey; LASS, Life After Service Studies.