Vaccines, Military Culture, and Cynicism: Exploring COVID-19 Vaccination Attitudes among Veterans in Homeless Transitional Housing

Figures & data

Table 1. Sociodemographic and health-related characteristics of homeless Veterans enrolled in GPD programs, by COVID-19 vaccination status (n = 20).

		Yes—Vaccinated or willing	No—Refused or hesitant
Age	20s	–	1
30s		1	1
40s		3	–
50s		7	1
60s +		2	1
Unknown/Did not disclose		1	2
Race/Ethnicity	White	7	4
African American		1	–
Hispanic or Latino		2	–
Asian or Pacific Islander		–	–
Native American or Alaskan Native		1	–
Biracial or Multiracial		1	–
Unknown/Did not disclose		2	2
Medically high-risk	Yes	4	4
No		9	1
Unknown/Did not disclose		1	1
Received flu vaccine	Yes	9	1
No		5	4
Unknown/Did not disclose		–	1
Total		14	6

Table 2. Number of veterans mentioning military themes during interviews (n = 11).

	Military themes
Willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccine	Any military experience & identity theme	Mandatory vaccines in military	Mistrust of gov’t/Military	Military background
Already vaccinated or definitely yes	7	4	1	6
Definitely or probably no	4	2	3	2
Total	11	6	4	8

Data availability statement

The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are not publicly available. They are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request, subject to approval from the ethics committee that approved the study.