Risk factors for first-time homelessness in low-income women

Erika R Lehmann; Philip H Kass; Christiana M Drake; Sara B Nichols

doi:10.1037/0002-9432.77.1.20

Risk factors for first-time homelessness in low-income women

Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2007 Jan;77(1):20-8. doi: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.1.20.

Authors

Erika R Lehmann¹, Philip H Kass, Christiana M Drake, Sara B Nichols

Affiliation

¹ Harder+Company Community Research, Davis, CA 95616, USA.

PMID: 17352581
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.1.20

Abstract

Determinants of first-time homelessness were evaluated in Sacramento, California and Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. First-time homeless women had more cumulative risks for homelessness than low-income never-homeless women, even with the putative advantage of higher levels of education. Solutions to homelessness should address more than one dimension of risk.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
California / epidemiology
Case-Control Studies
Female
Housing / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Ill-Housed Persons / psychology*
Ill-Housed Persons / statistics & numerical data
Pennsylvania / epidemiology
Risk Factors
Social Support
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Unemployment / statistics & numerical data