| Author (year), Country | Study design | Service member population | Research participants | N (Defence; Con), % Female | Participant age Range, Mean (SD), Racial Identification (%) | Comparison group details | Attrition (%) |
| | Baseline data from longitudinal study sub-sample (Quan) | AD enlisted Air Force service members | Airmen, Married or in committed relationship > 6 months, early-career AD (not Guard or Reserve) | 373 (373; 0), 32.7% (122) | 18 - 40 years, 24.3 (NR) White (76.0), Black (13.1), Asian (5.7), Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (3.3), American Indian/Alaska Native (2.7), Hispanic (2.2) | Comparisons are drawn from Nationally representative USA community samples | N/A |
| | Pre-post intervention baseline data (Quan) | AD (deployed/ non-deployed), Reserves, National Guard | Low-income military couples (relative to the federal poverty line); 1 or both partners were AD or veterans | 742 couples (90; 652) | Military: 34.33 (9.01); Civilian: 33.03 (8.42); White: 58% civilian, 65% MF; African American: 28% both groups; Hispanic/Latino: 12% civilian, 7% MF | Civilian couples | NR re relevant variables |
| | Cross-sectional (Quan)* | Officers, enlisted soldiers | Deployed and non-deployed married AD US Army men and women | 26,835 (26,835, 0), 4.9% (1315) | NR White (62.6), Nonwhite (37.4) | N/A | 10,679 (28.5) |
| | Cross-sectional (Quan) | Reserve Component, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve | Male civilians, Reserve Component personnel and AD Army personnel | Civilian and Reserve Component sample: 46 (23; 23), 0% AD sample: 74 (74; 0), 0% | Civilian and Reserve Component Sample: 18 - 50+, NR AD: 20 - 48, 30.7 (6.9) Euro-American (73.0), African American (8.1), Hispanic (10.8), Native American (4.1): NR (4.1) | Civilian men married or in a current exclusive relationship > 12 months | 0
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| | Cross-sectional (Quan) | Armoured Corps | British MFs of regular service personnel from the Royal Armoured Corps | 112 (78; 34), N/A | NMF, 33.4 (6.7); PrDF, 33.3 (4.5); CDF, 30.2 (3.2); PDF, 31.6 (4.6) Ethnicity/Race NR | NMFs (maternal and child measures) | NR |
| | Cross-sectional (Quan) | Army, Air force, Navy | Military-connected child-mother dyads (in which military partner was 1) deployed, 2) away but not deployed, 3) or working from home unit) | 68 dyads; Children: 52% (34); At-home Parent: 100% | Child: 1-6 yrs, 45.21 mnths (17.51) Parent: NR | Community norms | NR |
| Canada | Cross-sectional (Quan) | Army, Air force, Navy | Canadian military families (one parent a member of the Canadian Armed Forces) | 85 (51, 34); Child: 49% (42); At home Parent: 100% | Child Total: 3 - 6 yrs; 49.82 mnths (12.76); Child Military: 51.96 (14.73); Child Con: 46.62 (8.24); Parent: NR | Canadian NMFs with similar characteristics to military families (i.e., child age, child gender, language spoken at home) | NR |