title: Overrepresentation of women veterans among homeless women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  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.
authors.affiliation: Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Leeds, MA, USA. gail.gamache@med.va.gov
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gamache
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosenheck
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tessler
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002321:Career Choice; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology; D016017:Odds Ratio; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*