Table 2. Characteristics of Veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn (OEF/OIF/OND) according to “first indicator of homelessness” group during fiscal years 2001–2012; N = 30,866.
Note. All demographic variables differed significantly across 1st homelessness classification groups following chi-square tests, all p < .0001.
| Total Sample | V60.0 1st Indicator | V60.x 1st Indicator | Non-ICD 1st Indicator | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N = 30,886, 100%) | (N = 13,066, 42.3%) | (N = 9,865, 32%) | (N = 7,955, 25.8%) | |||||
| Demographic Variables | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 26,818 | 86.8 | 11,399 | 87.2 | 8,425 | 85.4 | 6,994 | 87.9 |
| Female | 4,067 | 13.2 | 1,667 | 12.8 | 1,439 | 14.6 | 961 | 12.1 |
| Missing | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Race | ||||||||
| White | 13,079 | 42.3 | 5,329 | 40.8 | 4,392 | 44.5 | 3,358 | 42.2 |
| Black | 5,490 | 17.8 | 2,484 | 19.0 | 1,751 | 17.7 | 1,255 | 15.8 |
| Hispanic | 3,374 | 10.9 | 1,279 | 9.8 | 1,125 | 11.4 | 970 | 12.2 |
| Other/Unknown | 8,943 | 29.0 | 3,974 | 30.4 | 2,597 | 26.3 | 2,372 | 29.8 |
| Marital Status | ||||||||
| Married | 11,119 | 36.0 | 4,405 | 33.7 | 3,830 | 38.8 | 2,884 | 36.3 |
| Never Married | 18,391 | 59.5 | 8,085 | 61.9 | 5,584 | 56.6 | 4,722 | 59.4 |
| Divorced/Separated | 1,349 | 4.4 | 560 | 4.3 | 445 | 4.5 | 344 | 4.3 |
| Missing | 17 | 0.1 | 16 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.1 | 5 | 0.1 |
| Education | ||||||||
| Post-Secondary Education | 3,072 | 9.9 | 1,131 | 8.7 | 1,038 | 10.5 | 903 | 11.4 |
| High School Diploma or Less | 27,427 | 88.8 | 11,757 | 90.0 | 8,702 | 88.2 | 6,968 | 87.6 |
| Missing | 99 | 1.3 | 178 | 1.4 | 99 | 1.3 | 7,871 | 98.9 |
| Military Service | ||||||||
| Active Duty | 19,960 | 64.6 | 8,706 | 66.6 | 6,236 | 63.2 | 5,018 | 63.1 |
| Reserve | 10,926 | 35.4 | 4,360 | 33.4 | 3,629 | 36.8 | 2,937 | 36.9 |
| Rank | ||||||||
| Officer | 442 | 1.4 | 143 | 1.1 | 150 | 1.5 | 149 | 1.9 |
| Enlisted | 30,444 | 98.6 | 12,923 | 98.9 | 9,715 | 98.5 | 7,806 | 98.1 |