Date of Conferral

2022

Degree

Ph.D.

School

Public Health

Advisor

Harold Griffin

Abstract

Homelessness among female veterans is a problem that is likely to increase as growing numbers of women in the U.S. military reestablish themselves into their communities as veterans. There has been increasing concern about the greater risk for homelessness found among female veterans when compared to their nonveteran counterparts, so further investigation of homeless incidence by gender is also warranted. This quantitative, exploratory study was grounded in the social ecological theory, the Balshem and colleagues conceptual model of risk factors for veteran homelessness, and the Susser, Moore, and Link conceptual model which investigated causal pathways that are possible risk factors to become homeless. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey were used to determine whether there is a relationship between age, alcohol use, depression, employment status, income level, and housing instability (as measured by other arrangement rather than own or rent a home) among female veterans and civilians. Logistic regression and multiple logistic regression were used to determine which independent variables are associated with homelessness among veterans and among civilians. The results of this study contributed to the overall understanding of the burden of homelessness on the United States and its territories; therefore, it could be used to inform interventions and programs to reduce homelessness among female veterans.

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