“Gender is an extremely salient risk factor, even controlling for differences in the type of events that are experienced by men compared to women. A consistent finding has been that the prevalence of PTSD is almost twice as high in women as it is in men. Lower levels of education and income, and being divorced or widowed are risk factors PTSD.”
National Center for PTSD – RISK FACTORS FOR PTSD
Sarah L. Halligan, Ph.D., Rachel Yehuda, Ph.D. at Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, New York