According to a recent Gallup poll, female veterans of the
U.S. military have a much better outlook on their lives than male veterans do. This finding comes from the survey of
353,561 Americans from Jan. 2 through Dec. 31, 2012 which is the basis for the data for the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being
Index . Among the general survey population, 48,690 respondents
indicated they were a veteran, either retired from service or honorably
discharged from the U.S. military. Female veterans were far more likely
to rate their lives as "thriving" (54%) than their male counterparts
(44%). While female veterans' life ratings are nearly on par with
women in the general U.S. population, male veterans' ratings lag behind other
men by a difference of eight percentage points.
The relationship between
gender and well-being among veterans under the age of 65 is significant, even
when controlling for employment status, income, race, education, geographic
location, and whether or not one has children. Male and female veterans
aged 65 and older are about equally likely to be thriving and they are just as
likely to be thriving as their non-veteran counterparts. Among those aged
18 to 44, female veterans are 11 points more likely than male veterans to be
thriving. And, while female veterans are just as likely as non-veterans to be
thriving, men are significantly less likely than men in the general population
of their same age group to be thriving.
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