Table 1.
Respondent characteristics by housing instability
| Variable | Total samplea (n = 5,307) Wtd. column% (n) | Levels of housing stability within each covariate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lost housinga (n = 144) Wtd. row% (n) | Trouble paying rent/mortgagea (n = 627) Wtd. row% (n) | Stable housinga (n = 4,536) Wtd. row% (n) | Pearson χ 2 value | ||
| Age | |||||
| 18–29 | 20.4 (432) | 5.8 (24) | 15.9 (76) | 78.3 (332) | 155.41** |
| 30–39 | 18.2 (636) | 4.5 (29) | 19.7 (120) | 75.8 (487) | |
| 40–49 | 21.0 (938) | 3.1 (28) | 15.6 (148) | 81.3 (762) | |
| 50–59 | 17.3 (1,124) | 2.8 (28) | 12.7 (150) | 84.5 (946) | |
| 60+ | 23.1 (2,062) | 1.8 (32) | 4.9 (115) | 93.3 (1,915) | |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| White | 68.3 (3,104) | 2.9 (52) | 10.3 (252) | 86.8 (2,800) | 126.30** |
| Hispanic | 13.2 (1,022) | 5.9 (57) | 19.8 (170) | 74.3 (795) | |
| Black | 11.1 (1,008) | 5.0 (32) | 22.3 (184) | 72.7 (792) | |
| Other | 7.4 (173) | 2.3 (3) | 17.1 (21) | 80.6 (149) | |
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 51.5 (3,389) | 3.2 (95) | 14.8 (431) | 82.0 (2,836) | 9.86 |
| Male | 48.5 (1,918) | 3.7 (49) | 12.0 (196) | 84.3 (1,673) | |
| Education | |||||
| <High school | 14.7 (612) | 5.7 (31) | 17.2 (92) | 77.1 (489) | 63.70** |
| High school or some college | 58.8 (2,704) | 4.0 (85) | 14.0 (354) | 82.0 (2,265) | |
| 4 years college | 26.5 (1,966) | 1.2 (28) | 10.1 (178) | 88.7 (1,760) | |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married/live with significant other | 64.3 (2,952) | 3.1 (83) | 12.8 (345) | 84.1 (2,524) | 7.97 |
| Other | 35.7 (2,334) | 4.2 (61) | 14.5 (279) | 81.3 (1,994) | |
| Alcohol-related health problem prior to the recession | |||||
| Yes | 14.5 (660) | 3.7 (24) | 21.1 (123) | 75.2 (513) | 46.59** |
| No | 85.5 (4,608) | 3.4 (119) | 12.1 (498) | 84.5 (3,991) | |
| Monthly heavy drinking in previous life decade | |||||
| Yes | 36.0 (801) | 5.2 (35) | 16.7 (143) | 78.1 (623) | 7.07 |
| No | 64.0 (2,182) | 3.4 (68) | 15.4 (287) | 81.2 (1,827) | |
| Had parent(s) with alcoholism | |||||
| Yes | 24.1 (1,192) | 5.5 (50) | 16.3 (171) | 78.2 (971) | 34.49* |
| No | 75.9 (4,115) | 2.8 (94) | 12.5 (456) | 84.7 (3,565) | |
| High family support | |||||
| Yes | 59.3 (2,935) | 2.9 (69) | 11.3 (286) | 85.8 (2,580) | 39.66* |
| No | 40.7 (2,323) | 4.4 (75) | 16.5 (336) | 79.1 (1,912) | |
| Lost job due to the recession | |||||
| Yes | 16.4 (721) | 13.4 (87) | 39.6 (260) | 47.0 (374) | 995.25** |
| No | 83.6 (4,578) | 1.5 (57) | 8.2 (363) | 90.3 (4,158) | |
| Reduction in work hours/pay due to the recession | |||||
| Yes | 31.5 (1,429) | 7.2 (97) | 31.8 (444) | 61.0 (888) | 861.03** |
| No | 68.5 (3,854) | 1.6 (44) | 5.0 (178) | 93.4 (3,632) | |
| Loss of retirement/savings due to the recession | |||||
| Yes | 24.3 (1,319) | 4.7 (59) | 23.7 (250) | 71.6 (1,010) | 167.42** |
| No | 75.7 (3,960) | 2.9 (79) | 10.2 (371) | 86.9 (3,510) | |
Wtd weighted
*p ≤ 0.01; **p ≤ 0.001
aMay not sum to column total due to missing values