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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2011 Jul 1;40(4):1196–1213. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.03.008

Table 1.

Fathers’ Housing Instability (Year 5) by Incarceration History

Full Sample Ever Incarcerated Never Incarcerated Incarceration History Unknown
N=2,763 N=1,052 N=1,584 N=127
Any Instability 21% 31% 14% 22%
Instability Index (0=none, 6=highest) 0.29 [SD=0.66] 0.45 [SD=0.83] 0.18 [SD=0.49] 0.30 [SD=0.61]
Skipped Mortgage 11% 15% 8% 11%
Moved in with others to save money 6% 11% 3% 4%
Moved more than once per year 5% 8% 2% 8%
Lived with others, not paying rent 3% 5% 2% 2%
Lived in shelter 2% 4% 1% 4%
Evicted 2% 3% 1% 2%

Analysis sample includes respondents answering all instability questions at Year 5, excluding those incarcerated at Year 5. All differences between formerly incarcerated and never incarcerated are statistically significant at P<.001.