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Table 5 Adjusted odds ratios of service separation experiences among veterans by sexual orientation (N = 56,645)

From: Military service experiences and reasons for service separation among lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals in a large military cohort

Outcome Variable

Sexual Orientation (Ref: Heterosexual)

Gay or Lesbian

Bisexual

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Specific reasons for separation (Ref: no endorsement)a

 Dissatisfaction with deployments/frequent moves

0.91 (0.80, 1.05)

1.07 (0.94, 1.23)

 Hardship for family

0.76 (0.66, 0.87)

1.01 (0.88, 1.15)

 Dissatisfaction with job

1.03 (0.90, 1.17)

1.20 (1.05, 1.36)

 Desire to continue education, start new career, change in personal goals

0.90 (0.79, 1.03)

0.97 (0.84, 1.11)

 Difficulty meeting fitness/weight standards

1.09 (0.95, 1.26)

1.26 (1.09, 1.45)

 Legal problems, problems meeting military obligation

1.09 (0.79, 1.50)

1.58 (1.21, 2.06)

 Fulfilled term of service/retirement eligible

0.78 (0.68, 0.89)

0.88 (0.77, 1.01)

  1. Note. No significant effect modification by sex was observed for these models. All models are adjusted for sex, birth year, race/ethnicity, marital status, education level, service branch, pay grade, military occupation, length of service, deployment experience, and panel. Bolded values are statistically significant (p < 0.05)
  2. CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio
  3. aORs represent the odds of any endorsement of each specific reason for separation versus no endorsement