Psychosocial Risk Factors for Transitions Into Housing Instability Among Women Veterans

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Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of the Study Population (N = 194 330)

Characteristic	No Housing Instability (n = 192 513) %	Transition into Housing Instability (n = 1817) %
Age, years
18 to 34	18.0	15.9
35 to 44	17	18.1
45 to 54	26.9	30.0
55 to 64	24.9	28.0
65+	12.3	8.0
Mean (SD)	49.6 (14.2)	49.0 (12.1)
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	61.2	50.3
Non-Hispanic Black	29.0	37.8
Hispanic	6.1	6.6
Other	3.8	5.3

Table 2.

Correlates in Multiple Regression Model of Transition From Stable to Unstable Housing (N = 194 330)^*

Characteristic	No Housing Instability (n = 192 513)^{^†} %	Transition into Housing Instability (n = 1817) %	aOR	95% CI	P Value
Marital status
Married	35.6	19.9	^*	^*	^*
Single	20.9	25.2	2.08	1.84–2.36	<0.001
Divorced/separated	38.0	50.9	1.95	1.69–2.25	<0.001
Widowed	5.6	4.0	1.40	1.07–1.82	0.013
Service-connected disability
0%	33.8	32.4	^*	^*	^*
10% to 40%	19.8	22.1	1.11	0.97–1.27	0.14
50% to 100%	46.4	45.6	0.75	0.67–0.85	<0.001
Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn	15.6	16.2	1.08	0.93–1.26	0.30
Discharge Status
Non-honorable discharge	0.1	0.4	^*	^*	^*
Honorable discharge	98.1	96.5	0.63	0.49–0.82	<0.001
Combat exposure	6.4	7.3	0.98	0.80–1.19	0.81
Military sexual trauma	28.6	43.4	1.57	1.42–1.75	<0.001
Chronic medical condition	19.3	22.6	1.03	0.91–1.16	0.64
Depression	22.4	39.2	1.74	1.52–1.99	<0.001
PTSD	10.5	23.4	1.49	1.27–1.75	<0.001
Psychosis	2.4	3.6	1.37	1.06–1.78	0.016
Suicide/self-harm	0.8	2.1	0.93	0.64–1.33	0.68
Alcohol use disorder	1.3	4.5	1.49	1.13–1.98	0.005
Drug use disorder	1.2	4.6	1.77	1.34–2.35	<0.001

aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder.
↵* Reference group.
↵† The analyses controlled for the following variables not included in this table: race (Non-Hispanic black, Non-Hispanic white, Hispanic, Other race), age groups in years (18 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 64, 65+), number of weeks between first and last screen for housing instability.