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Published Date: May 01, 2020
Resource Type: Fact Sheet

In the second installment in a series of snapshot poll briefs, the IVMF research team, in partnership with Military Times, examines the impact of the coronavirus on the military and veteran community, including financial and other stresses during these unprecedented times. This second brief analyzes resource needs among veteran and the active duty service member populations in key areas such as employment, education, childcare, mental and physical health, along with caregiving resources.

Published Date: April 01, 2020
Resource Type: Report

In an attempt to gain a better understanding of the unique circumstances faced by female veterans across the CCC, the Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (RP Group) worked with personnel from IVC to develop and administer a survey for female veterans.

Published Date: March 01, 2020

This infographic provides key highlights on women after military service. The information in this document comes from various data collection efforts centered on transition, employment, entrepreneurship, and higher education. Topics include Women in the Military Populations, Community Connectedness, Earnings, Entrepreneurship, Educational Attainment, and more.

Published Date: February 01, 2020
Resource Type: Report

This report analyzes the circumstances of minority veterans through focus groups, site visits to veteran-serving organizations, interviews with key stakeholders, and publicly available data. The needs assessment identified: a) the differences between outcomes for minority versus nonminority veterans, as well as between minority veterans and their minority nonveteran counterparts; b) likely causes for identified variations, and c) recommendations for organizations that serve veterans to enhance equitable outcomes across the population.

Published Date: February 01, 2020
Resource Type: Article

This study describes race/sex differences in housing instability among veterans and examines whether there are disparities in their access of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) programs. The sample comprised 5,355,858 veterans who responded to VHA’s universal screen for housing instability (Homelessness Screening Clinical Reminder) between October 2012 and March 2016.

Published Date: June 01, 2019
Resource Type: Video

This presentation provides labor force participation, unemployment, and educational differences between women veterans, male veterans, and nonveterans of either gender, using the 2018 annual average Current Population Survey data. In 2018, the unemployment rates among these four populations were not statistically different.

Published Date: January 01, 2018
Resource Type: Report

DAV’s Women Veterans: The Journey Ahead follows the DAV 2014 report Women Veterans: The Long Journey Home, giving credit for the work done and successes achieved while also spotlighting remaining needs and making recommendations for a road map forward.

Published Date: November 01, 2017
Resource Type: Report

This report develops a profile of the veteran women business owner through the presentation of business and business owner characteristics from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2007 and 2012 Survey of Business Owners and Self-Employed Persons and 2015 Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs… It is not meant to be all inclusive but, rather, to highlight the current landscape of veteran women-owned firms based off of publically available data.

Published Date: August 01, 2017
Resource Type: Report

This brief examines the transition of female veterans from the military to civilian life. This analysis uses three different age snapshots as career proxies to determine if female veterans are different from nonveterans throughout their working ages, or if the differences are more prominent at the early stage of the transition from military to civilian life. The data used in this brief are from the 2015 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates and represent the civilian population of women 18 to 64 years old living in the United States.

Published Date: June 01, 2017
Resource Type: Wage

Video discussing the industries and occupations of women veterans as compared to male veterans or nonveterans of either gender, using annual average Current Population Survey data. An industry is defined as a group of establishments that produce similar products or provide similar services and an occupation is defined as a set of activities or tasks that employees are paid to perform. Some occupations are concentrated in a few particular industries, while other occupations are found in many industries.