Table 3. Prevalence and Risk of Homelessness a Among Veterans and
Nonveterans in Poverty and Gen e ral Popu lat i on s in 7 US Met r opolit an
A reas b
Characteristic
Age,
y
Race
1829
Black
3044
Homelessness
Among Veterans
in Poverty
Populationc, %
M
F
Homelessness
Among
Nonveterans in
Poverty
Populationc, %
M
F
RRd
M
F
Homelessness
Among Veterans
in General
Populatione, %
M
F
Homelessness
Among
Nonveterans in
General
Populatione, %
M
F
RRf
M
F
52.8
36.3
11.8
15.7 4.5 2.3
5.4
7.9
2.6
4.6 2.1 1.7
7.3
11.9
3.3
3.9 2.2 3.1
0.7
1.6
0.5
0.8 1.4 2.1
Black
33.8
35.4
23.7
13.8 1.4 2.6
4.7
6.3
4.1
3.2 1.1 2.0
Nonblack
17.2
12.1
7.7
4.4 2.2 2.8
1.0
0.9
0.7
0.6 1.3 1.5
4554
Black
38.0
29.1
24.6
10.7 1.5 2.7
7.3
3.2
4.8
2.0 1.5 1.6
Nonblack
21.0
12.3
8.7
4.1 2.4 3.0
1.9
1.1
0.9
0.4 2.2 2.7
5564
Black
24.2
9.1
13.6
3.7 1.8 2.4
3.8
1.4
2.4
0.7 1.6 2.1
Nonblack
10.5
9.3
5.6
1.8 1.9 5.2
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.2 1.1 3.3
Black
4.8
1.7
3.6
0.6 1.3 2.8
0.6
0.4
0.6
0.1 1.0 3.2
Nonblack
2.1
0.8
1.2
0.3 1.8 2.9
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0 0.7 2.3
Black
26.8
29.7
17.7
11.6 2.5 2.5
4.0
4.9
3.4
2.7 1.5 2.1
Nonblack
10.6
9.2
5.5
3.3 2.2 3.2
0.6
0.8
0.7
0.5 1.4 2.3
14.6
15.0
7.9
5.1 2.2 3.0
1.0
1.6
1.0
0.8 1.4 2.3
≥65
All
agesg
Nonblack
All
All races
agesh