Table 3.

Perceived Barriers for Homeless Women and Unadjusted Odds of Unmet Need for Those Who Felt Each Barrier was a “Big Problem” in Obtaining Health Care

	N = 974
Perceived Barrier	(%)*	Odds Ratio (OR)	95% Confidence Interval (CI)
Long office wait time	39	2.96	2.26 to 3.89†
High cost of health care	38	2.01	1.53 to 2.63†
Seeing different doctors each visit	30	2.99	2.25 to 3.98†
Not knowing where to go for care	28	2.61	1.96 to 3.48†
Fear of bad news	31	2.01	1.52 to 2.66†
Long travel time	30	1.48	1.11 to 1.96‡
Busy with other needs	25	1.51	1.12 to 2.03‡
Inconvenient clinic hours	20	2.46	1.78 to 3.39†
No female doctors	19	2.23	1.61 to 3.09†
Too sick to seek care	15	2.88	2.00 to 4.13†
Fear that visit won't be confidential	21	1.31	0.95 to 1.80§
Difficulty remembering when to go for appointment	16	2.03	1.44 to 2.87†
Unpleasant or embarrassing exams	18	1.33	0.95 to 1.86§
Providers will find out about homeless status	14 n = 407//	2.20	1.52 to 3.17†
No babysitter	24	1.55	0.97 to 2.46§
Fear of losing kids	16	1.50	0.89 to 2.55

^*Weighted by sampling weights.

^§.10

^‡.01,

^†.001.

^//Unweighted number of women who reported having children with them.