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This study provides national prevalence estimates of US military Veterans with severe pain, and compares Veterans to nonveterans of similar age and sex. Data used are from the 2010–2014 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) on 67,696 adults who completed the Adult Functioning and Disability (AFD) Supplement. Participants with severe pain were identified using a validated pain severity coding system imbedded in the NHIS AFD. It was estimated that 65.5% of US military Veterans reported pain in the previous 3 months, with 9.1% classified as having severe pain. In comparison to Veterans, fewer nonveterans reported any pain (56.4%) or severe pain (6.4%). While Veterans aged 18–39 had significantly higher prevalence rates for severe pain (7.8%) than did similar-aged nonveterans (3.2%), Veterans age 70 or older were less likely to report severe pain (7.1%) than nonveterans (9.6%). Male Veterans (9.0%) were more likely to report severe pain than male nonveterans (4.7%); however, no statistically significant difference was seen between the two female groups. The prevalence of severe pain was significantly higher in Veterans with back pain (21.6%), jaw pain (37.5%), severe headaches or migraine (26.4%), and neck pain (27.7%) than in nonveterans with these conditions (respectively: 16.7%; 22.9%; 15.9%; and 21.4%). Although Veterans (43.6%) were more likely than nonveterans (31.5%) to have joint pain, no difference was seen in the prevalence of severe pain associated with this condition.

Based on survey data including residents of all fifty states, I provide an analysis on the relationship between economic education and policy recommendations of the American public during the financial crisis. Mirroring the methodological approach set forth in Walstad (1997), I find that economic literacy was correlated with three of the six policies studied. Specifically, economic literacy is positively correlated with support for decreased taxes and a smaller government, and negatively correlated with supporting a ceiling on CEO salaries. No other personal variable, including race, gender, income or educational attainment, is found to correlate with policy preferences as frequently as economic literacy. These findings corroborate with Walstad's results, which were based upon survey data compiled 18 years prior.