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Homelessness and Money Mismanagement in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans
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objectives examined empirical link money mismanagement subsequent homelessness among veterans methods used random sample iraq afghanistan war era veterans national postdeployment adjustment survey 20092011 results veterans randomly selected roster us military service members operation iraqi freedom operation enduring freedom separated active duty reservesnational guard veterans n 1090 50 states military branches completed 2 waves data collection 1 year apart 79 retention rate thirty percent reported money mismanagement eg bouncing forging check going ones credit limit falling victim money scam past year multivariate analysis revealed money mismanagement odds ratio 409 95 ci 187 894 associated homelessness next year arrest history 265 95 ci 133 529 mental health diagnosis 259 95 ci 126 533 income 030 95 ci 013 071 conclusions money mismanagement reported substantial number veterans related higher rate subsequent homelessness findings implications policymakers clinicians suggesting financial education programs offered us departments defense veterans affairs may targeted effectively address veteran homelessness