Table 1. Frequency of Housing Insecurity in the Past 12 Months by Selected Measures of Socioeconomic Status and Demographics, Washington State, 2011.
| Socioeconomic Status | Housing Insecure |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Always, % (95% CI) | Usually, % (95% CI) | Sometimes, % (95% CI) | Rarely/Never, % (95% CI) | |
| Education | ||||
| High school graduate or less | 10.4 (8.4–12.8) | 6.1 (4.6–8.1) | 21.8 (19.1–24.7) | 61.7 (58.4–64.9) |
| Some college | 6.4 (5.1–8.1) | 4.9 (3.9–6.2) | 18.9 (16.8–21.2) | 69.7 (67.1–72.2) |
| College graduate | 3.3 (2.5–4.3) | 2.9 (2.2–3.8) | 12.6 (11.0–14.4) | 81.2 (79.1–83.1) |
| Income, $ | ||||
| <25,000 | 21.2 (17.7–25.2) | 7.7 (6.0–9.9) | 28.1 (24.3–32.2) | 43.0 (38.9–47.2) |
| 25,000 to <50,000 | 6.8 (5.0–9.2) | 7.7 (5.9–10.0) | 22.8 (20.1–25.7) | 62.8 (59.4–66.0) |
| 50,000 to <75,000 | 2.7 (1.7–4.1) | 3.6 (2.5–5.4) | 17.5 (14.3–21.2) | 76.2 (72.4–79.7) |
| ≥75,000 | 1.0 (0.4–1.4) | 1.2 (0.7–1.9) | 10.4 (8.6–12.5) | 87.6 (85.4–89.5) |
| Home ownership | ||||
| Own | 4.2 (3.4–5.1) | 3.6 (2.9–4.4) | 15.4 (14.0–16.8) | 76.9 (75.3–78.5) |
| Rent | 16.3 (13.3–19.7) | 8.8 (6.9–11.3) | 27.1 (23.7–30.8) | 47.8 (43.8–51.7) |
| Demographics | ||||
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 5.5 (4.4–6.9) | 3.8 (2.9–4.9) | 15.3 (13.4–17.3) | 75.4 (73.1–77.6) |
| Female | 7.9 (6.6–9.5) | 5.5 (4.5–6.7) | 20.2 (18.4–22.2) | 66.4 (64.1–68.5) |
| Have health insurance at time of survey (age 18–65 y) | ||||
| Yes | 6.3 (5.3–7.5) | 4.3 (3.5–5.4) | 17.8 (16.2–20.0) | 71.5 (69.5–73.4) |
| No | 16.7 (12.4–22.0) | 11.1 (8.2–14.8) | 31.1 (26.1–36.5) | 41.2 (35.8–46.8) |
| Hispanic ethnicitya | ||||
| Yes | 5.5 (2.5–11.6) | 6.9 (4.2–11.2) | 27.6 (22.0–34.1) | 60.0 (52.8–66.7) |
| No | 6.9 (6.0–8.0) | 4.6 (3.8–5.4) | 17.2 (15.9–18.6) | 71.3 (69.7–72.9) |
| Age group, y | ||||
| 18–24 | 5.0 (2.5–9.9) | 4.8 (1.9–11.7) | 18.3 (12.3–26.4) | 71.9 (63.0–79.4) |
| 25–34 | 12.9 (8.6–19.0) | 7.4 (5.1–10.8) | 24.4 (19.6–30.0) | 55.2 (48.9–61.4) |
| 35–44 | 8.1 (6.2–10.6) | 6.0 (4.1–8.5) | 23.8 (20.37–27.7) | 62.1 (57.9–66.1) |
| 45–54 | 8.3 (6.2–11.0) | 5.2 (3.8–7.1) | 19.1 (16.4–22.2) | 67.4 (63.8–70.8) |
| 55–64 | 6.0 (4.8–7.6) | 4.4 (3.3–5.7) | 15.6 (13.4–18.0) | 74.0 (71.3–76.6) |
| ≥65 | 2.4 (1.8–3.2) | 2.1 (1.6–2.8) | 10.4 (9.1–12.0) | 85.1 (83.3–86.7) |
| Married | ||||
| Yes | 4.0 (3.3–5.0) | 3.7 (3.0–4.6) | 16.7 (15.2–18.4) | 75.5 (73.7–77.2) |
| No | 11.3 (9.3–13.5) | 6.3 (4.9–7.9) | 19.9 (17.6–22.3) | 62.6 (59.6–65.5) |
| Veteran status | ||||
| Yes | 4.7 (3.2–6.9) | 3.5 (2.4–5.2) | 11.2 (8.9–14.1) | 80.5 (77.1–83.5) |
| No | 7.1 (6.1–8.3) | 4.9 (4.1–5.8) | 19.0 (17.5–20.5) | 69.0 (67.2–70.7) |
| Children present | ||||
| Yes | 7.3 (5.8–9.1) | 6.8 (5.3–8.7) | 22.9 (20.5–25.6) | 63.0 (60.0–65.9) |
| No | 6.6 (5.4–7.9) | 3.6 (2.9–4.3) | 15.2 (13.7–16.8) | 74.7 (72.8–76.5) |
| ACEs | ||||
| <3 | 4.1 (3.3–5.1) | 3.4 (2.7–4.1) | 16.3 (14.9–17.9) | 76.2 (74.5–77.9) |
| ≥3 | 15.1 (12.6–18.0) | 8.5 (6.6–11.0) | 22.8 (20.0–25.9) | 53.6 (50.1–57.0) |
| Overall | 6.8 (5.9–7.9) | 4.7 (4.0–5.5) | 17.9 (16.6–19.3) | 70.5 (68.9–72.1) |
Abbreviations: ACEs, adverse childhood experiences; CI, confidence interval.
a
People identified as Hispanic can be of any race.