Table 2. Reasons cited by participants as the single most important thing keeping them from getting out of homelessness.

P < 0.001 for the distribution of reasons among recent immigrants, non-recent immigrants, and Canadian-born individuals.

	All participants (n = 1,189)	Recent immigrants (n = 116)	Non-recent immigrants (n = 261)	Canadian-born individuals (n = 812)
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Insufficient income	378 (32)	43 (37)	83 (32)	252 (31)
Lack of suitable/adequate housing	218 (18)	27 (23)	49 (19)	142 (18)
Lack of job/employment	158 (13)	21 (18)	37 (14)	100 (12)
Addiction(s) to alcohol and/or drugs	114 (10)	2 (2)	12 (5)	100 (12)
Family or domestic instability	73 (6)	9 (8)	23 (9)	41 (5)
Mental health condition	53 (4)	1 (1)	14 (5)	38 (5)
Other	195 (16)	13 (11)	43 (16)	139 (17)