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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 14.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2022;92(6):741–747. doi: 10.1037/ort0000650

Table 1. Sample characteristics among VEH enrolled in the VA Greater Los Angeles HUD-VASH program from 10/2016–9/2017.

Mean or %
Total Sample
(n = 1200)
Moved in
(n = 688)
Demographic Characteristics
Age, years (SD) 51.6 (14.7) 52.2 (14.5)
Gender, %
 Male 88.8 88.5
 Female 10.6 10.8
 Other/missing 0.6 0.7
Race/ethnicity, %
 Non-Hispanic White 31.9 29.1
 Non-Hispanic Black 39.4 41.0
 Hispanic 17.9 18.6
 Other1 3.8 4.4
 Missing 6.9 7.0
Prior episode of chronic homelessness2, % 54.7 54.9
Relationship status, %
 Not in a relationship3 87.4 86.9
 In a relationship4 9.5 10.2
 Missing 3.1 2.9
Serious mental illness diagnosis in the past 2 years, % 16.9 15.1
Concurrent substance use disorder diagnosis, % 40.2 36.2
Vocational service use within 1-year of HUD-VASH enrollment
Any vocational service use, % 6.4  8.3
Number of visits, mean (SD) 4.4 (4.6)  7.6 (6.9)
Housing Outcomes
Attained Housing, % 57.3  N/A
Premature HUD-VASH Exit, % N/A  8.0

Notes:

1

-Other racial/ethnic groups include non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaskan Natives; Asians; Native Hawaiians/Other Pacific Islanders;

2

-chronic homelessness defined as being homeless for 1+ year;

3

- divorced, never married, separated, widowed;

4

-committed relationship/partnered, married