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Table 3 Proportion of servicemen and servicewomen in the French military reporting depressive symptoms (CESD >=10) and having a positive PTSD screening score (sub-threshold PTSD screening score: PCLS = 35-49; positive PTSD screening score: PCLS = >50) according to sociodemographic characteristics and MST experiences

From: Mental health consequences of military sexual trauma: results from a national survey in the French military

   

Men

 

Women

  

% depressive symptoms

%

Sub threshold PTSD screening score

%

Positive screening score for PTSD

% depressive symptoms

%

Sub threshold PTSD screening score

%

Positive screening score for PTSD

Total

 

18.2%

7.1%

1.8%

31.3%

15.3%

4.0%

Age

25 years

17.4

5.8

1.9

50.8

17.3

4.4

25-29 years

15.1

7.6

1.3

27.3

8.6

0.6

30+ years

19.7

7.4

2.0

27.0

19.9

6.5

Current partner

Cohabitating all the time

14.8

6.2

1.6

21.9

12.5

2.9

Not every day

20.2

6.9

2 .1

46.4

23.8

8.5

No current partner

26.6

10.5

1.9

42.7

13.7

1.6

Same sex partnership

Yes

25.3

16.1

0.0

35.2

19.9

0.7

No

18.3

7.0

1.8

30.6

14.5

3.4

Never had sex

2.3

0.0

0.0

   

Children

Yes

18.6

7.4

1.6

22.1

2.6

0.5

No

17.8

6.8

2.1

11.2

4.7

6.8

Place of birth

Mainland France

17.7

6.8

1.6

16.2

4.5

3.6

Overseas France/Foreign country

20.9

    

0.0

Education level

<High school

19.7

7.9

2.3

19.8

2.8

0.9

High school graduation

18.1

5.8

1.9

14.3

2.0

0.8

>High school

15.0

7.8

0.6

12.0

9.1

8.0

Financial situation

No problem

10.9

5.6

0.9

11.1

2.4

3.9

Tight or Difficult

24.0

8.3

2.5

19.3

5.3

2.4

Military branch

Army

19.5

6.6

2.3

14.2

2.0

0.7

Air force

15.9

8.8

1.6

20.6

7.3

10.1

Navy

16.3

7.0

0.3

4.1

0.0

0.0

Army rank

Officer

20.1

2.0

0.0

7.8

14.2

2.2

Junior Officer

17.9

6.9

1.7

15.8

3.4

0.8

Enlisted personnel

12.4

8.7

2.4

15.8

3.1

12.9

Deployment in the last 12 months

Yes

17.0

4.0

2.1

15.1

12.3

2.2

No

18.8

8.8

1.6

15.3

2.7

3.7

No MST in the last 12 months

17.5

7.1

1.4

21.9

10.5

1.3

MST in the form of repeated sexual comments alone

17.6

5.2

3.2

38.6

24.1

3.7

MST including 1 form of sexual oppression (coercion or repeated unwanted or Sexual Assault)

18.4

10.6

3.1

50.8

22.2

7.5

MST including several sexual stressors

62.8

16.8

5.9

66.5

24.5

19.1