Table 6.

Class characteristics identified with latent class growth analysis

Variable	Sharp rise, sustained and decline housing	Hardly anytime housed	High rise, sustained and decline housing
TAU, n (%)	327 (26.4)	529 (66.6)	50 (46.7)
HF, n (%) HF ICM, n (%)	913 (73.6) 587 (64.3)	265 (33.4) 161 (60.8)	57 (53.3) 30 (52.6)
Age (years)	41	39	39
Gender (%)
Female	35	27	29.9
Male	65	73	70.1
Education (%)
< High school	53.1	61.6	56.1
Completed high school/some higher education	19.4	16.9	21.5
Completed trade school/ undergraduate	27.4	21.5	22.4
Age first time homeless	16	27	31
Total time homeless (years)	5.9	6.8	3.9
Childhood trauma (Ace total score)	4.3	4.7	4.2
Diagnosis (MINI %)
Depression	51.3	51.4	52.3
Mood disorder with psychotic features	16.1	16.9	14
Psychotic disorders	35.4	38.8	35.5
Panic disorder	22.3	24.1	24.3
Manic or hypomanic Episode	12.8	13.6	15
PTSD	29.6	28.5	26.2
Baseline mental illness
severity (CSI cut-off, %)	75.9	75.1	74.5
Social network (MCAS %)
Nobody (baseline)	6	5.4	3.7
Nobody (6 months)	2.2	5.1	3.3
Nobody (12 months)	1.6	5.8	1.1
Nobody (18 months)	1.2	5.9	1.1
Nobody (24 months)	0.7	2.4	0.2
Time in prison during study (%)
6 months	1.5	7	3.7
12 months	1.12	9.6	2.8
18 months	0.31	12.46	3.89
24 months	1.13	10.24	8.03
Substance problems (GAIN SPS high use, past year)
12 months	36.9	46.2	46.7
24 months	28.5	35.5	43

Note: ACE Adverse Childhood Experiences; MINI = Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview; CSI Colorado Symptom Index; MCAS Multnomah Community Ability Scale (social network item); Gain-SPS Global Assessment of Individual Need Substance Problem Scale (only high use reported here); TAU Treatment as Usual; ICM Intensive Case Management