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Gail Gamache1, Robert Rosenheck, Richard Tessler
1Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Leeds, MA, USA. gail.gamache@med.va.gov
Objectives:
This study estimated the proportion of veterans among homeless women and their risk of homelessness relative to that of nonveterans.
Methods:
Data came from 2 surveys of homeless women (1 clinical and 1 nonclinical) and 1 survey of domiciled women.
Results:
The proportion of veterans (4.4%, 3.1%) among homeless women was greater than the proportion among domiciled women (1.3%, 1.2%). When we computed odds ratios for being a veteran among homeless women compared with nonhomeless women, homeless women were significantly more likely than nonhomeless women to be veterans.
Conclusions:
Women veterans are at greater risk for homelessness than are nonveterans. Further study is needed to determine whether increased risks for veterans are a product of military service or reflect volunteers' self-selection into the armed forces.
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